Reading the world through words: Cultural themes in heritage Chinese language textbooks

Language and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-113

  Curdt Christiansen, Xiao Lan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese language; Cultural knowledge; Discourse analysis; Ideology; Literacy practice; Textbook

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749091371     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le721.0     Document Type: Article

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