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2018
Volume 115, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

Based on a codesigned unit on Asian poetry taught in two Singapore secondary schools, the authors outline four pedagogical design principles concerning hybridity, form, translation, and historicity for educators to frame units on Asian literature.

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