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The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Teacher Development for Effective English Teaching in Bangladesh: A Gap that Needs Bridging Cover

The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Teacher Development for Effective English Teaching in Bangladesh: A Gap that Needs Bridging

By: Md Al Amin and  Janinka Greenwood  
Open Access
|Feb 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2018-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
Language: English
Page range: 118 - 138
Published on: Feb 15, 2019
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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