Identity Development in the Ancestral Homeland: A Chinese Heritage Perspective

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 797-812

  Jing Schmidt, Zhuo ^a   Chen, Jing Yun ^c   Zhang, Zhen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ancestral homeland; Chinese heritage language students; identity; study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999802776     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12348     Document Type: Article

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