Sentence reading and writing for second language vocabulary acquisition

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-82

  Pichette, François ^a   De Serres, Linda ^b   Lafontaine, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84856932337     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amr037     Document Type: Article

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