Multidimensional project-based teaching in french second language (FSL): A process-product case study

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 548-568

  Turnbull, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0039362995     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0026-7902.00040     Document Type: Article

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