Comparative perspectives towards communicative activities among elementary school teachers in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-446

  Butler, Yuko Goto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 26844569863     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168805lr176oa     Document Type: Article

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