Conceptualizing learning style modalities for ESL/EFL students

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-106

  Wintergerst, Ann C ^a   DeCapua, Andrea ^b   Verna, Marilyn Ann ^c  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST FRANCIS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0037338749     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(02)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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