Strategy instruction in listening for lower-intermediate learners of french

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 747-783

  Graham, Suzanne ^a   MacAro, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

French as a foreign language; Learner strategies; Listening comprehension; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949084127     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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