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Victoria University
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University International Business & Economics
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Salford University
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Miyagi Gakuin Women s University
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Hong Kong Institute of Education
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Gyeongju University
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The University of Reading
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Nanyang Technological University
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United Arab Emirates University
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Defense Language Institute
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United Arab Emirates University
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Indian Institute of Technology
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Shinawatra International University
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Southampton University
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University of the Ryukyus
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Kumamoto University
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Department of Educational Studies
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Dr. Radha M.K. Nambair
School of Language Studies & Linguistics
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan
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School of Foreign Languages
Chongqing University
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National University of Education
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Education Department
University of Bath
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Silpakorn University
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Nagoya University of
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University of Zanjan
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The University of Edinburgh
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Imam University,
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Kochi University
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Middle East Technical University
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National Texas A & M University
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Southampton University, UK
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Massey university
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University of Malaya
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Kobe Shoin Women University
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King Khalid Women University
Abha,
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Marshall University,
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National Changhua University of
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University of Isfahan
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Gazi University,
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Pearson Education UK & Longman
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Lebanese American University
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University of Science and Technology
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King Saud University
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Nanyang Technological University
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University of Ulster
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Sharood University of Technology
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Kurume University,
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Karaj University,
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Macquarie University
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International Christian University,
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Kwansei Gakuin University
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Saga University
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Tokyo University
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University of Southampton
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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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University of Nottingham
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Salisbury University,
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Gulf University for Science & Technology
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Georgia Gwinnett College, USA
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Monash University
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Beijing Foreign Language
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University Kebangsaan, Malaysia
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De La Salle University
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Melbourne University
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Beijing Foreign Studies
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Sultan Qaboos University
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Beijing Foreign Language
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Beijing
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Vietnam National University
Hanoi
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Universidad Nacional
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