Some benefits of peer-peer interaction: 10-year-old children practising with a communication task

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-207

  Pinter, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40449112688     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168807074604     Document Type: Article

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