Pedagogical practices in Chinese EFL classrooms

Asian Englishes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-59

  Hu, Guangwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 68149121945     PISSN: 13488678     EISSN: 23312548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13488678.2004.10801130     Document Type: Article

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