Translation and short-term L2 vocabulary retention: Hindrance or help?

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-74

  Hummel, Kirsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

L2 vocabulary learning; Learning strategies; Short term retention; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049085814     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168809346497     Document Type: Article

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