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The South Pacific comprises numerous small islands together with larger land masses such as Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea which are dispersed over a wide geographical area. It is also linguistically and culturally one of the most diverse regions in the world.
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Watts, N. (1997). Innovative Second Language Education in the South Pacific. In: Tucker, G.R., Corson, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4419-3_22
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