Exploring measures and perceptions of fluency in the speech of second language learners

System

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-164

  Kormos, Judit ^a   Dénes, Mariann ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 2342631369     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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