Effects of rote, context, keyword, and context/keyword methods on retention of vocabulary in EFL classrooms

Language Learning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 385-412

  Rodríguez, Máximo ^a   Sadowki, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034396251     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0023-8333.00121     Document Type: Article

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