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Global English, Postcolonialism, and Education

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Phan, L.H. (2016). Global English, Postcolonialism, and Education. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_191-1

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