Rote learning, creativity and 'understanding' in classroom foreign language teaching

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Mitchell, Rosamond ^a   Martin, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002854454     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136216889700100102     Document Type: Article

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