Effects of textual enhancement and topic familiarity on Korean EFL students' reading comprehension and learning of passive form

Language Learning

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-118

  Lee, Sang Ki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus on form; Grammar pedagogy; Korean EFL learners; Textual enhancement; Topic familiarity; Typographical visual input enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846578720     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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