Exploratory practice and soft systems methodology

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 448-469

  Tajino, Akira ^a,c   Smith, Craig ^b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26844556972     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168805lr178xx     Document Type: Article

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