Interactions in the international classroom: The UK perspective

Internationalisation and the Student Voice: Higher Education Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 125-142

  Harrison, Neil ^a   Peacock, Nicola ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917187328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203865309     Document Type: Chapter

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