The impact of general and specific vocabulary knowledge on reading and listening comprehension: A case of Iranian EFL learners

System

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-300

  Mehrpour, Saeed ^a   Rahimi, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 77953542261     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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