Meeting in the middle? Intercultural adaptation in tertiary oral English in China

Researching Chinese Learners: Skills, Perceptions and Intercultural Adaptations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-118

  Stanley, Phiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 85016344871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230299481     Document Type: Chapter

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