Identity, 'acting interculturally' and aims for bilingual education: An example from China

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-296

  Feng, Anwei ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Bicultural; China; Construction; Identity; Interculturalism; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950758347     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630802658458     Document Type: Article

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