A dynamic metacognitive systems account of Chinese university students' knowledge about EFL reading

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-353

  Zhang, Lawrence Jun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 77955167972     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5054/tq.2010.223352     Document Type: Article

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