Disempowering and dislocating: How learners from diverse cultures read the role of the English language in UK higher education

London Review of Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Welikala, Thushari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Intercultural fluency; Intercultural higher education; Linguistic hegemony

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649125093     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460802185169     Document Type: Article

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