Schema theory and knowledge-based processes in second language reading comprehension: A need for alternative perspectives

Language Learning

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 439-481

  Nassaji, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1111/0023-8333.00189     Document Type: Review

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