The officialization of english and ELT in Japan: 2000

World Englishes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-487

  Matsuura, Hiroko ^a   Fujieda, Miho ^b   Mahoney, Sean ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 40049100781     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0883-2919.2004.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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