Learning word pairs and glossed sentences: The effects of a single context on vocabulary knowledge

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-81

  Webb, Stuart ^a  

^a Koran Women's Junior College   (Japan)

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EID: 33846540338     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168806072463     Document Type: Article

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