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Publication details [#57636]

Gan, Zhengdong. 2013. Understanding English speaking difficulties: an investigation of two Chinese populations. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 34 (3) : 231–248.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This study explores mainland Chinese and Hong Kong university students' perceived English (ESL or EFL) speaking problems in relation to linguistic inadequacy, oral language processes, conversational abilities and academic speaking customs, affective impact as well as provision of chances to employ English for spoken communication in the students' learning settings.