Curriculum Design for Young Learners of Japanese as a Heritage Language

Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Heritage Language Students: Curriculum Needs, Materials, and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 237-270

  Douglas, Masako O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315087443-10     Document Type: Chapter

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