Deeper processing for better EFL reading comprehension

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Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-370

  Oded, Brenda ^a   Walters, Joel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depth processing; EFL; Reading Comprehension; Summarizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919554     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(01)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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