Learning and recall of foreign-language vocabulary: Effects of a keyword strategy for immediate and delayed recall

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-194

  Lawson, M J ^a   Hogben, D ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

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EID: 0032038842     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(97)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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