Perceptual paths to accurate production of L2 vowels: The role of individual differences

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-250

  Baker, Wendy ^a   Trofimovich, Pavel ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 33750681705     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IRAL.2006.010     Document Type: Article

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