Vocabulary knowledge and advanced listening comprehension in english as a foreign language

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-607

  Stæhr, Lars Stenius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 71749117318     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263109990039     Document Type: Article

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