Online synonym materials and concordancing for EFL college writing

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-152

  Yeh, Yuli ^a   Liou, Hsien Chin ^a   Li, Yi Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34249734854     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588220701331451     Document Type: Article

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