Contextually responsive transfer: Perceptions of NNES on an ESL/EFL teacher training programme

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1827-1836

  Liyanage, Indika ^a   Bartlett, Brendan John ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contextually responsive teacher training; ESL EFL teacher training; Overseas NNES teacher training; Programme design; Transfer of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649102444     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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