Meeting the challenges in language for specific purposes: The incorporation of sociolinguistics and learner autonomy into course design

Japanese Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-98

  Thomson, Chihiro Kinoshita ^a   Masumi So, Hiromi ^a   Osho, Fusako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85010124083     PISSN: 10371397     EISSN: 14699338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10371390120048777     Document Type: Article

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