Is being there enough? The effects of homestay placements on language gain during study abroad

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 492-500

  Rivers, William P ^a,b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b National Foreign Language Center   (United States)

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EID: 33748408222     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb00594.x     Document Type: Article

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