The academic word list 10 years on: Research and teaching implications

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Coxhead, Averil ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79959382449     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5054/tq.2011.254528     Document Type: Article

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