Reflecting on reflections: The spoken word as a professional development tool in language teacher education

Spoken English, TESOL and Applied Linguistics: Challenges for Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 182-215

  Farr, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230584587_9     Document Type: Chapter

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