Students' and teachers' assessments of the need for accuracy in the oral production of German as a foreign language

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-563

  Chavez, Monika ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 35848953864     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2007.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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