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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    Eurydice B. Bauer

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    Soria E. Colomer

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Bauer, E.B., Colomer, S.E. (2016). Biliteracy. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_113-1

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