Employment and language ability of Australian non-native speakers of Japanese: a sydney case study

Japanese Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-34

  Thomson, Chihiro Kinoshita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85066201628     PISSN: 10371397     EISSN: 14699338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10371399608727596     Document Type: Article

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