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A ‘useful’ vocational education English language teacher by any other name. Short stories of teacher identity construction and reconstruction in vocational education in China

John TrentDepartment of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xiaoyi LiuDepartment of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Received 19 Apr 2022, Accepted 03 Jan 2023, Published online: 24 Jan 2023

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