Fine brush and freehand1: The vocabulary-learning art of two successful Chinese EFL learners

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-104

  Gu, Peter Yongqi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 30044449165     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588466     Document Type: Article

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