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Research Article

Examining the relationships between medium of instruction in secondary education and learners’ academic achievement and perceptions in English-medium tertiary education

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Pages 769-781 | Received 08 Jun 2022, Accepted 03 Jan 2023, Published online: 25 Jun 2023

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