The effect of ethnic identity and bilingual confidence on Chinese youth's self-esteem

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-96

  Lee, Jennifer Wen Shya ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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