Deliberate Learning and Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language

Language Learning

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-413

  Elgort, Irina ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deliberate learning; Vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955824753     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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