Task complexity, task difficulty, and task production: Exploring interactions in a componential framework

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-57

  Robinson, Peter ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0035286057     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/22.1.27     Document Type: Article

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