The provision of mandarin Chinese in the UK secondary schools: What's in the way?

European Journal of Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Ping, Wang ^a  

^a JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 60049099159     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2008.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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