'What a dolt one is': Language learning and fieldwork in geography

Area

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-68

  Watson, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Ethiopia; Fieldwork; Language learning

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; LANGUAGE;

EID: 1942437027     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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