Enhancing the homestay: Study abroad from the host family's perspective

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-201

  Knight, Susan M ^a   Schmidt Rinehart, Barbara C ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846370490     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2002.tb03154.x     Document Type: Article

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