Achieving the advanced oral proficiency in Arabic: A case study

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-414

  Samimy, Keiko K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced speaker; Case study

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249086318     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03304.x     Document Type: Article

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