Testing the effects of regional, ethnic, and international dialects of english on listening comprehension

Language Learning

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-69

  Major, Roy C ^a   Fitzmaurice, Susan M ^b   Bunta, Ferenc ^a   Balasubramanian, Chandrika ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14844285377     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-8333.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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