The compensatory nature of discipline-related knowledge and English-language proficiency in reading English for academic purposes

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-227

  Usó Juan, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

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EID: 33751087003     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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