Second language fluency: Judgments on different tasks

Language Learning

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 655-679

  Derwing, Tracey M ^a   Rossiter, Marian J ^a   Munro, Murray J ^b   Thomson, Ron I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 10444288781     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2004.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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