English as a medium of instruction in post-1997 Hong Kong: What students, teachers, and parents think

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-459

  Tung, Peter ^a   Lam, Raymond ^b   Tsang, Wai King ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031256521     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(97)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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