Measuring gains in pupils' foreign language competence as a result of participation in a school exchange visit: The case of Y9 pupils at three comprehensive schools in the UK

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-192

  Evans, Michael ^a   Fisher, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16344372685     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168805lr162oa     Document Type: Article

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