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Zaki, N. N. N. M., & Sulaiman, N. A. (2024). Translanguaging in Malaysian Secondary Schools: ESL Teachers’ Practices and Perceptions. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(6), 1276–1289.
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