Cultures of learning and student participation: Chinese learners in a multicultural English class in Australia

Researching Chinese Learners: Skills, Perceptions and Intercultural Adaptations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 169-187

  Parris Kidd, Heather ^a   Barnett, Jenny ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 85016360964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230299481     Document Type: Chapter

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