The perception gap in cross-cultural training: An investigation of British Council English language teaching projects in China

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-304

  Gu, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextualised knowledge; Expatriate specialists; International development assistance

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 15944403515     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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