Learning a foreign language as leisure and consumption: Enjoyment, desire, and the business of eikaiwa

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-488

  Kubota, Ryuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption; Eikaiwa; English language learning; Japan; Leisure; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958696914     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.573069     Document Type: Article

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