Acquisition of requests and apologies in Spanish and French: Impact of study abroad and strategy-building intervention

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-212

  Cohen, Andrew D ^a   Shively, Rachel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 34250667058     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2007.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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