Extensive reading in english as a foreign language

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-102

  Mason, Beniko ^a   Krashen, Stephen ^b  

^a International Buddhist University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031091874     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(96)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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