Group work is NOT busy work: Maximizing success of group work in the L2 classroom

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-279

  Davis, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0041142206     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1997.tb02348.x     Document Type: Article

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