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Building Intrinsic Motivation for English Writing in a Salvadoran Classroom

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While El Salvador may not represent a large geographical space, the Central American nation is both densely populated, and biologically and topographically diverse. The beauty of the country’s diverse landscape and rich cultural heritage of those living in the country are often overshadowed by the social and political challenges the country has faced over the course of the last four decades.

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    Lily Lopez-Mcgee

  2. Centro Cultural Salvadoreño Americano, El Salvador

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Lopez-Mcgee, L., Chavarria, S. (2017). Building Intrinsic Motivation for English Writing in a Salvadoran Classroom. In: Baily, S., Shahrokhi, F., Carsillo, T. (eds) Experiments in Agency. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-944-7_7

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