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Research Articles

Pre-service teachers’ ability to identify academic language features: the role of language-related opportunities to learn, and professional beliefs about linguistically responsive teaching

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Pages 70-93 | Received 25 Jan 2022, Accepted 10 Mar 2023, Published online: 16 May 2023

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