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“Sorry, my English is very poor” seems to be the typical response of many Asian students when you try to strike up conversations with them. Admittedly, some Asian university students lack proficiency in their second/foreign language, but, most of the time, after having studied English for at least 8 years since primary, even kindergarten, education‚ many already have reasonably good linguistic competence.
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Wu, J.G., Miller, L. (2021). From In-Class to Out-Of-Class Learning: Mobile-Assisted Language Learning. In: Miller, L., Wu, J.G. (eds) Language Learning with Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2697-5_3
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