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The Learning and Use of Academic English Words.
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Corson, David – Language Learning, 1997
Examines the learning and use of academic English words by students who differ socioculturally. Argues that the Greco-Latin vocabulary of English offers various levels of potential difficulty for students from different class, cultural, or linguistic social factions. Infers some changes to practices in native and second language academic English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)