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A critical review of literature on English language teaching textbook evaluation: What systemic functional linguistics can offer Cover

A critical review of literature on English language teaching textbook evaluation: What systemic functional linguistics can offer

By: Xiaodong Zhang  
Open Access
|Mar 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1339-4584 | Journal ISSN: 1339-4045
Language: English
Page range: 78 - 102
Published on: Mar 14, 2017
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