The attitudes of university students towards non-native speakers English teachers in Hong Kong

RELC Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-277

  Ling, Cheung Yin ^a   Braine, George ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; EFL; English teachers; ESL; Native speaker; Non native speaker

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149297532     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688207085847     Document Type: Article

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