Reading, listening, and viewing comprehension in English as a foreign language: One or more constructs?

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-573

  Schroeders, Ulrich ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^a   Bucholtz, Nina ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Intelligence; Language assessment; Listening; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958189939     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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