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Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching

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Research Directions: Social Studies Texts Are Hard to Understand: Mediating Some of the Difficulties
Author(s): Isabel L. Beck and Margaret G. McKeown
Source: Language Arts, Volume 68, Issue Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching, Oct 1991, p. 482 - 490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/la199125316
- Published online: 01 Oct 1991

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