A Comparison of the Effects of Reading and Listening on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition

Language Learning

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-258

  Vidal, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elaboration; Frequency; Incidental acquisition; Listening; Proficiency; Reading; Retention; Vocabulary; Word form; Word type

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551640338     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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