Monitoring and Assessing a Japanese FLES Program: Ambiance and Achievement

Language Learning

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-528

  Donato, Richard ^a   Antonek, Janis L ^b   Tucker, G Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030518883     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1996.tb01245.x     Document Type: Article

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