Action research and the english as a foreign language practitioner: Time to take stock

Educational Action Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-91

  Rainey, Isobel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937321372     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790000200112     Document Type: Article

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