Learning L2 vocabulary through extensive reading: A measurement study

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-382

  Horst, Marlise ^a  

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EID: 33746580655     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.61.3.355     Document Type: Review

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