The Ability of Students to Explain Science Concepts in Two Languages
This paper analyses the ability of twenty-one physics undergraduates at two Swedish universities to orally describe and explain in both Swedish and English the science concepts met in their lectures. This ability is related back to the language used to teach the concepts (English, Swedish or both l...
Main Author: | John Airey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Aarhus University
2010-10-01
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Series: | Hermes |
Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/97344 |
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