How big is the gap and how to narrow it? An investigation into the active and passive vocabulary knowledge of L2 learners

RELC Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-119

  Fan, May ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 38649124425     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368820003100205     Document Type: Article

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