ESL student teachers' perceptions of a short-term overseas immersion programme

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1095-1104

  Lee, Jackie F K ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Immersion; Study abroad; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349224471     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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