Effects of Instruction on L2 Pronunciation Development: A Synthesis of 15 Quasi-Experimental Intervention Studies

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 842-854

  Saito, Kazuya ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84869236051     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tesq.67     Document Type: Article

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