Oral reading practice in China's elementary schools: A brief discussion of its unique roots in language, culture, and society

Reading Teacher

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 654-665

  Tao, Liqing ^a   Zuo, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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