Role of text structure awareness in the recall of expository discourse

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-96

  Ghaith, Ghazi M ^a   Harkouss, Samar A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

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EID: 34248699242     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2003.tb01935.x     Document Type: Article

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