Reading and culture: The experience of some of our bilingual pupils

English in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-53

  Rosowsky, Andrey ^a  

^a Kimberworth Comprehensive School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual english as an additional language (EAL); Cultural schemata; Reading comprehension; Reading tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024209295     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2000.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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