Japanese working women and English study abroad

World Englishes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-71

  Kobayashi, Yoko ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33847248414     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2007.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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