L2 reading ability: Further insight into the short-circuit hypothesis

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-477

  Taillefer, Gail F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 0000427999     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb05466.x     Document Type: Article

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