Investigating the role of bilingual teaching assistants in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

Educational Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-456

  Gao, Fang ^a   Shum, Mark S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bilingual teaching assistant; Chinese language learning; Cultural mediation; Equality of education; Linguistic support; South asian

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149432725     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2010.524753     Document Type: Article

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