Sameness and difference in classroom learning cultures: Interpretations of communicative pedagogy in the UK and Korea

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-63

  Mitchell, Rosamond ^a   Lee, Jenny Hye Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142032722     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168803lr114oa     Document Type: Article

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