Self-selected fiction: The path to academic success?

Stephen Krashen

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Keywords

Fiction
Academic Success
Knowledge
Vocabulary

How to Cite

Self-selected fiction: The path to academic success?. (2020). Synergy, 18(1). http://slav.vic.edu.au/index.php/Synergy/article/view/378

Abstract

Professor Emeritus Stephen Krashen explores recent research that highlights the power of fiction to support academic success.

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