The impact of sociocultural factors in multicultural communication environments: A case example from an Australian University's provision of distance education in the global classroom

Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 306-327

  Ragusa, Angela T ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84901511277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-213-8.ch018     Document Type: Chapter

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