Intercultural competence and EFL teaching in China

Researching Chinese Learners: Skills, Perceptions and Intercultural Adaptations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 138-166

  Zhou, Yi ^a   Xu, Shijing ^a,b   Bayley, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85016338582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230299481     Document Type: Chapter

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