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Amy S. Thompson, Woodburn Professor of Applied Linguistics and chair of the department, wrote in an email Tuesday, "We did not appeal individual programs, as we were told that wouldn't work."
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- ↑ Reviews of The Role of Context in Language Teachers’ Self Development and Motivation include:
- Tao, Wei; Gu, Peiya (2022). "The role of context in language teachers' self development and motivation: Perspectives from multilingual settings written by Amy S. Thompson, Bristol, Multilingual Matters, 2021, xiii+163 pp., $29.90 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-80041-117-3". Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 42 (3): 619–622. doi:10.1080/02188791.2022.2050618. S2CID 247511439.
- Xu, Jieping (July 13, 2021). "Book Review: The Role of Context in Language Teachers' Self Development and Motivation: Perspectives From Multilingual Settings". Front. Psychol. 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.724293 .
- Chu, Wenxiu (October 2021). "The Role of Context in Language Teachers' Self Development and Motivation: Perspectives from Multilingual Settings, Amy S. Thompson , Multilingual Matters (2021), Bristol and Blue Ridge Summit, xiii + 163 pp". System. 101. doi:10.1016/j.system.2021.102607.
- Thomas, Nathan; Stopper, Sierra (August 2021). "The role of context in language teachers' self development and motivation: Perspectives from multilingual settings, Amy S. Thompson , Multilingual Matters, Bristol (2021), xiii + 164". System. 100. doi:10.1016/j.system.2021.102555. S2CID 242601733.
- ↑ Cruickshank, Ken. "Language learning in Anglophone countries: challenges, practices, ways forward Ursula Lanvers, Amy Thompson and Martin East, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, Pp. xxxiv + 516, ISBN 978-3-030-56653-1 (hbk): $169.99, ISBN 978-3-030-56653-1 (pbk): $169.99". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. doi:10.1080/01434632.2023.2222967. S2CID 259621552.
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