A public policy perspective on English medium instruction in China

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-382

  Hu, Guangwei ^a   Alsagoff, Lubna ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Language minorities; Language planning; Language policy; Language rights; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031753500     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2010.489950     Document Type: Article

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