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Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context

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Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context. / Gomez-Cash, Olga Maria.
Employability for languages: a handbook. ed. / Erika Corradini; Kate Borthwick ; Angela Gallagher-Brett. Dublin: Research-publishing.net, 2016. p. 57-66.

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Gomez-Cash, OM 2016, Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context. in E Corradini, K Borthwick & A Gallagher-Brett (eds), Employability for languages: a handbook. Research-publishing.net, Dublin, pp. 57-66. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.cbg2016.464

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Gomez-Cash, O. M. (2016). Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context. In E. Corradini, K. Borthwick , & A. Gallagher-Brett (Eds.), Employability for languages: a handbook (pp. 57-66). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.cbg2016.464

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Gomez-Cash OM. Professional contexts for modern languages: work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context. In Corradini E, Borthwick K, Gallagher-Brett A, editors, Employability for languages: a handbook. Dublin: Research-publishing.net. 2016. p. 57-66 doi: 10.14705/rpnet.2016.cbg2016.464

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Gomez-Cash, Olga Maria. / Professional contexts for modern languages : work experience and academic reflection in a multilingual context. Employability for languages: a handbook. editor / Erika Corradini ; Kate Borthwick ; Angela Gallagher-Brett. Dublin : Research-publishing.net, 2016. pp. 57-66

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