Repeated reading for developing reading fluency and reading comprehension: The case of EFL learners in Vietnam

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-278

  Gorsuch, Greta ^a   Taguchi, Etsuo ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAITO BUNKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ESL EFL reading; Fluency; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049151412     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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