Learners' use of first language (Arabic) in pair work in an EFL class

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-375

  Storch, Neomy ^a   Aldosari, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

L1; pair work; proficiency pairing; tasks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957923939     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168810375362     Document Type: Article

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