What level of English proficiency do elementary school teachers need to attain to teach EFL? Case studies from Korea, Taiwan, and Japan

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-278

  Butler, Yuko Goto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 24144501016     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588380     Document Type: Article

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