Effects of comic strips on: L2 learners' reading comprehension

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-243

  Liu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 34248710870     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588379     Document Type: Article

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