The impact of popular literature study on literacy development in EFL: More evidence for the power of reading

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-270

  Lao, Christy Ying ^a   Krashen, S ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy development; Popular literature; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042204112     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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