Uneven playing field or falling standards?: Chinese students' competence in English

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-400

  Edwards, Viv ^a   Ran, An ^a   Li, Daguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUP; STANDARD (REGULATION); STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348966601     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320701658431     Document Type: Article

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