Formulaic sequences and L2 oral proficiency: Does the type of target language influence the association?

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-343

  Stengers, Helene ^a   Boers, Frank ^b   Housen, Alex ^c   Eyckmans, June ^a,c  

^a Erasmushogeschool Brussel   (Belgium)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 82055186757     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iral.2011.017     Document Type: Article

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