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Fifty-five years and counting: A half-century of getting it half-right?

McCarthy, Michael·2021·Language Teaching
DOI 10.1017/s0261444820000075
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Authors
McCarthy, M.
Affiliations
University of Nottingham (GB)
Corresponding author
McCarthy, Michael
ORCID
McCarthy, Michael
Venue
Language Teaching
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2020-03-18
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pages
343-354
ISSN
  • 0261-4448 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-3049
DOI
10.1017/s0261444820000075
OpenAlex
W3012399068
Cited by
8
References
1
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2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
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2.14
Type
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Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
Language Teaching (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Second Language Learning and Teaching
Keywords
history of language teaching, language teaching research

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