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Knowledge about Language and the ‘Good Language Teacher’

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Andrews, S., McNeill, A. (2005). Knowledge about Language and the ‘Good Language Teacher’. In: Bartels, N. (eds) Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education. Educational Linguistics, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2954-3_10

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