Taking foreign languages in high school

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-306

  Finn, Jeremy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 2642551441     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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