Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language

RELC Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-60

  Renandya, Willy A ^a   Sundara Rajan, B R ^a   Jacobs, George M ^a  

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EID: 33846617721     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368829903000103     Document Type: Article

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