To be or not to be "Part of them": Micropolitical challenges in Mainland Chinese students' learning of english in a multilingual university

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-294

  Gao, Xuesong ^a  

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

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EID: 77955166471     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5054/tq.2010.219944     Document Type: Article

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