Same hours, different time distribution: Any difference in EFL?

System

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-321

  Serrano, Raquel ^a   Muñoz, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

English as a second language instruction; Foreign language acquisition; Intensive language courses; Language learning; Standard format courses; Time distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547867748     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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