English as a Third Language among China's Ethnic Minorities

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 552-567

  Yang, Jian ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; China; China English; Ethnic minorities; Third language learning; World Englishes

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744461957     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050508669068     Document Type: Article

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