Re (de) fining language proficiency in light of the concept of ‘languaculture’

Advanced Language Learning: The Contribution of Halliday and Vygotsky

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 72-91

  Lantolf, James P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY;

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