Investigating learners' course diaries as explorations of language

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-47

  Allison, Desmond ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 26244461037     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136216889800200103     Document Type: Article

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