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How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives Cover

How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives

By: Hideo Watanabe  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2024-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1339-4584 | Journal ISSN: 1339-4045
Language: English
Page range: 7 - 15
Published on: Jan 9, 2025
Published by: SlovakEdu, o.z.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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