Metadiscourse in lecture comprehension: Does it really help foreign language learners?

Atlantis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-21

  Pérez, Marta Aguilar ^a   Macià, Elisabeth Arnó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 70449374198     PISSN: 02106124     EISSN: 19896840     Source Type: Journal    
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