Abstract
Educational performance and outcomes for indigenous and ethnic minority students are troubling to educators and researchers in many parts of the world. In Gan nan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, China, Tibetan ethnic minority senior high school students are suffering from a serious lag in English language learning outcomes compared with Han nationality students at the same grade.
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Yun, H. (2016). Reorienting Tibetan High School Students’ English Language Learning. In: Liyanage, I., Nima, B. (eds) Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-615-6_4
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