Differing perspectives of non-native speaker students' linguistic experiences on higher degree courses

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-230

  Hennebry, Mairin ^a   Lo, Yuen Yi ^b   Macaro, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; international students; linguistic challenges; non native speakers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859596152     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2011.651312     Document Type: Article

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