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Environmental discourse in Brazilian English-as-a-foreign-language textbooks: socio-discursive practices and their implications for developing students’ critical environmental literacy

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Pages 75-94 | Received 14 Feb 2020, Accepted 11 Nov 2021, Published online: 20 Jan 2022

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