Direct teaching of vocabulary after reading: Is it worth the effort?

ELT Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Sonbul, Suhad ^a   Schmitt, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954299419     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccp059     Document Type: Article

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