Imagined community, identity, and Chinese language teaching in Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-154

  Gao, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese language teaching; Identity; Imagined community; Second language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857082767     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.22.1.08gao     Document Type: Article

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