A Proverb in Need is a Proverb Indeed: Examination of the Proverbs in the Course books used in Anatolian Teacher Training High Schools in Turkey

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2010-05-02

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Hatipoğlu, Çiler

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Ç. Hatipoğlu, “A Proverb in Need is a Proverb Indeed: Examination of the Proverbs in the Course books used in Anatolian Teacher Training High Schools in Turkey,” 2010, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/82463.