Modelling second language performance: Integrating complexity, accuracy, fluency, and lexis

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 510-532

  Skehan, Peter ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 73249123703     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amp047     Document Type: Article

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