The effects of topic familiarity and passage sight vocabulary on L2 lexical inferencing and retention through reading

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-86

  Pulido, Diana ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34047201231     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/aml049     Document Type: Article

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