Teaching and learning with different scripts: Cross-cultural conflict in a chinese late immersion classroom

Language and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 242-259

  De Courcy, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84933483086     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500789708666731     Document Type: Article

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