Potential of text-based internet chats for improving oral fluency in a second language

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-240

  Blake, Christopher ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65549083080     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2009.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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