Potential cultural resistance to pedagogical imports: The case of communicative language teaching in china

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-105

  Hu, Guangwei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84978151329     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310208666636     Document Type: Article

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