Language learning strategy use and english proficiency of university freshmen in Taiwan

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-280

  Lai, Ying Chun ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 70350130662     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2009.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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