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Oral storytelling, speaking and listening and the hegemony of literacy: Non-instrumental language use and transactional talk in the primary classroom

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Oral storytelling, speaking and listening and the hegemony of literacy: Non-instrumental language use and transactional talk in the primary classroom. / Hibbin, Rebecca Alison.
In: Changing English, Vol. 23, No. 1, 03.2016, p. 52-64.

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Hibbin RA. Oral storytelling, speaking and listening and the hegemony of literacy: Non-instrumental language use and transactional talk in the primary classroom. Changing English. 2016 Mar;23(1):52-64. Epub 2016 Mar 11. doi: 10.1080/1358684X.2015.1121774

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