L2 reading proficiency and lexical inferencing by university EFL learners

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-249

  Bengeleil, Nazmia F ^a   Paribakht, T Sima ^a  

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EID: 26244437975     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.61.2.225     Document Type: Article

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