Teaching vocabulary in two Chinese classrooms: Schoolchildren’s exposure to English words in Hong Kong and Guangzhou

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-97

  Tang, Eunice ^a   Nesi, Hilary ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248714678     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168803lr113oa     Document Type: Article

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