Learning to show you're listening

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-407

  Ward, Nigel G ^a,b   Escalante, Rafael ^a   Al Bayyari, Yaffa ^a   Solorio, Thamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

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EID: 36849043007     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588220701745825     Document Type: Article

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