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The story of a loner learner: Reconsidering authenticity and authentic engagement in second language learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2022

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Ningyang Chen*
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Soochow University, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Christopher Brumfit Essay Prize 2021
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Language Teaching , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 22 - 28
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