English as a " global language" in China: An investigation into learners' and teachers' language beliefs

System

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-402

  Pan, Lin ^a   Block, David ^a  

^a BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CET examinations (the College English Test); China; English; English teaching and learning; Global language

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455173916     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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