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in Textbook Selection and Use: Resources from a Variety of Disciplinary
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| The following references were collected as part of the process of writing a chapter on textbook selection and implementation in Marianne Celce-Murcia's Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (3rd edition). The list will be updated as additional references are found. Please send suggested additions to patbyrd@gsu.edu. Updated on March 24, 2001. | |||
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