Authenticity in college English textbooks - An intercultural perspective

RELC Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 58-84

  Feng, Anwei ^a   Byram, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61249550560     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368820203300203     Document Type: Article

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