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Book Title: A Critical Auto/Ethnography Of Learning Spanish: Intercultur...
Number of Pages: 182 Pages
Publication Name: Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish : Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Adult & Continuing Education, Communication Studies, Sociology / General, Bilingual Education, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Study & Teaching, Spanish
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Phiona Stanley
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Education
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
