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Language Teaching for Intercultural Communication: Problematizing Essentialism, Highlighting Power, and Advocating for Social Justice

August 2022

DOI:10.1163/9789004524545_004

In book: Intercultural Twinnings (pp.61-78)

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Natalia Balyasnikova

York University

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