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Cultural Influences on Chinese Language Teachers’ Perceptions and Beliefs in a Danish Context

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Recently, research focused on teachers’ perceptions and beliefs has gained increasing attention in both general education and language teaching fields. It is believed that teachers’ overall views of teaching and learning will influence their teaching approaches and how they give instructions in class (Pajares, 1992; Ho et al., 2001; Kane et al., 2002), thus influencing students’ learning and achievement (Pajares, 1992).

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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Annie Aarup Jensen

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    Xiang-Yun Du

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    Annie Aarup Jensen

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Wang, L., Jensen, A.A. (2013). Cultural Influences on Chinese Language Teachers’ Perceptions and Beliefs in a Danish Context. In: Kirkebæk, M.J., Du, XY., Jensen, A.A. (eds) Teaching and Learning Culture. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-440-6_7

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