Hong Kong tertiary students' attitudes and proficiency in spoken English

RELC Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-88

  Littlewood, William ^a   Liu, Ngar Fun ^a   Yu, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0041855211     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368829602700104     Document Type: Article

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