"Not a Lick of English": Constructing the ITA Identity Through Student Narratives

Communication Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 297-310

  Fitch, Fred ^a,b   Morgan, Susan E ^c  

^a Asbury Theological Seminary   (United States)

^b Zarephath Community Chapel   (United States)

^c State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity construction; Instructional communication; Intercultural communication; International teaching assistant; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942289731     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363452032000156262     Document Type: Review

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