Transfer in the academic language development of post-secondary esl students

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 653-672

  Jiang, Binbin ^a   Kuehn, Phyllis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011238606     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2001.11074471     Document Type: Article

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