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2018
Volume 103, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Abstract

Through a transnational pen pal exchange, writing emerges as connection and possibility, moving beyond monolingual norms to honor children’s translanguaging repertoires and identities.

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