Globalization and language learning in rural Japan: The role of English in the local linguistic ecology

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-619

  Kubota, Ryuko ^a   McKay, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949584367     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2009.tb00188.x     Document Type: Article

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