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Socioculturally-informed vocabulary pedagogy: Incorporating mediational tools to enhance vocabulary instruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2024

Nataliya Borkovska
Nataliya Borkovska*
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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Language Teaching , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , October 2024 , pp. 608 - 611
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