Phonological memory and implications for the second language classroom

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-391

  Hummel, Kirsten M ^a   French, Leif M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Phonological memory (PM); Second language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749310337     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: 17101131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.66.3.371     Document Type: Article

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