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For several decades, many people in the West were underinformed about life behind the ‘iron curtain’. They viewed the countries of central and eastern Europe as look-alikes, with hardly any national or local traits worthy of note. This misconception seems to hold even today though the number of nation states has more than doubled since 1989-90, creating one of the most multi-faceted communities in the world.
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Medgyes, P. (1997). Innovative Second Language Education in Central and Eastern Europe. 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_18
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