Polite Chinese children revisited: Creativity and the use of codeswitching in the Chinese complementary school classroom

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-211

  Wei, Li ^a   Wu, Chao Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Codeswitching; Complementary school; Creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749093037     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050802153210     Document Type: Article

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