Mitigating U.S. Undergraduates' Attitudes Toward International Teaching Assistants

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 681-706

  Kang, Okim ^a   Rubin, Donald ^b   Lindemann, Stephanie ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85027952125     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tesq.192     Document Type: Article

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