Components of success in academic reading tasks for Swedish students;Componentes de éxito de los estudiantes suecos respecto de las tareas académicas de comprensión lectora

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Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 141-162

  Shaw, Philip ^a   McMillion, Alan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic English; Academic reading; Parallel language; Reading processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054033630     PISSN: 11397241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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