Working memory and reactivity

Language Learning

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-752

  Goo, Jaemyung ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reactivity; Second language acquisition (SLA); Think alouds; Working memory capacity (WMC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449273449     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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