Time and the distribution of time in L2 instruction

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 655-680

  Collins, Laura ^a   Halter, Randall H ^b   Lightbown, Patsy M ^b   Spada, Nina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002024311     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3587881     Document Type: Article

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