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Danica Tomber

Danica Tomber is an applied linguist with a master of arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Portland State University. Her interests span science communication, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. She is a contributor to the Observatory.

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    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

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    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

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