Exploratory Practice: Rethinking practitioner research in language teaching

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-141

  Allwright, Dick ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13844301276     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168803lr118oa     Document Type: Article

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