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Literacy practices in Schome Park: a virtual literacy ethnography

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Literacy practices in Schome Park: a virtual literacy ethnography. / Gillen, J.
In: Journal of Research in Reading, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2009, p. 57-74.

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Gillen, J 2009, 'Literacy practices in Schome Park: a virtual literacy ethnography', Journal of Research in Reading, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 57-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9817.2008.01381.x

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Gillen, J. (2009). Literacy practices in Schome Park: a virtual literacy ethnography. Journal of Research in Reading, 32(1), 57-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9817.2008.01381.x

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Gillen J. Literacy practices in Schome Park: a virtual literacy ethnography. Journal of Research in Reading. 2009;32(1):57-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2008.01381.x

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Gillen, J. / Literacy practices in Schome Park : a virtual literacy ethnography. In: Journal of Research in Reading. 2009 ; Vol. 32, No. 1. pp. 57-74.

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