Gender, Academic Major, and Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Chinese Efl Learners

RELC Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-54

  Gu, Yongqi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33748347353     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368820203300102     Document Type: Article

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