Form-focused instruction in second language vocabulary learning: A case for contrastive analysis and translation

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-716

  Laufer, Batia ^a   Girsai, Nany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 57349124554     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amn018     Document Type: Article

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