Sex differences in L2 vocabulary learning strategies

International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-77

  Catalán, Rosa María Jiménez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

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EID: 34248715403     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1473-4192.00037     Document Type: Article

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