Examining the effectiveness of explicit instruction of vocabulary learning strategies with Japanese EFL university students

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-449

  Mizumoto, Atsushi ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Explicit teaching; Learner strategies; Strategy instruction; Vocabulary learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350549847     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168809341511     Document Type: Article

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