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Martina Irsara, Valentina Gobbett Bamber, and Barbara Caprara

of Picturebooks,’ ‘Selection and Evaluation Criteria,’ ‘Developing Teacher Talk:
Read-Aloud and Oral Storytelling Competences and Stages,’ ‘Case Study: A
Transnational Experience in Teacher Education,’ and ‘Conclusions and Future
Prospects,’ and Barbara Caprara wrote the section ‘Montessori Approaches in
ELT and GCED Using Picturebooks.’

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