Activity Theory and Language Teacher Agency

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-107

  Feryok, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84861958424     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2012.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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