Some hypotheses on the nature of difficulty and ease in second language reading: An application of schema theory

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 622-631

  Hauptman, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 33748206849     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2000.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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