A look into the local pedagogy of an english language classroom in Nepal

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-417

  Tin, Tan Bee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Centre and periphery; English language teaching; Ethnographic research; Local pedagogy; Peripheral participation; Social context; Vernacular practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927776405     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168813510387     Document Type: Article

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