Revelations from three consecutive studies on extensive reading

RELC Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-170

  Lee, Sy Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assigned reading; EFL; ESL; Extensive reading; In class sustained silent reading; Self selected reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149456120     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688207079730     Document Type: Article

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