Science education and English medium: The Sri Lankan experience

Language and Power: The Implications of Language for Peace and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 260-266

  Wedikkarage, Lakshman K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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