EFL vocabulary acquisition and retention: Reading plus vocabulary enhancement activities and narrow reading

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-115

  Min, Hui Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EFL learners; Narrow reading; Taiwan; Vocabulary acquisition and retention; Vocabulary exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749140682     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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