Journal of
Languages and Culture

  • Abbreviation: J. Lang. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6540
  • DOI: 10.5897/JLC
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 132

Full Length Research Paper

Tracing the local culture in a reading book

Mehmet Durmaz
  • Mehmet Durmaz
  • School of Foreign Languages, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Kalkanlı, Güzelyurt, TRNC via Mersin 10, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 31 July 2015
  •  Accepted: 24 August 2017
  •  Published: 30 September 2017

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