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Book Title: Writing Games: Multicultural Case Studies Of Academic Litera...
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Writing Games : Multicultural Case Studies of Academic Literacy Practices in Higher Education
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: English As a Second Language, Communication Studies, Multicultural Education, Study & Teaching, Rhetoric, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics, Composition & Creative Writing
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Education, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Christine Pears Casanave
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
