Receptive and productive vocabulary learning: The effects of reading and writing on word knowledge

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-52

  Webb, Stuart ^a  

^a Koran Women's Junior College   (Japan)

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EID: 33644549981     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263105050023     Document Type: Article

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