Time is of the essence: Factors encouraging out-of-class study time

ELT Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Fukuda, Steve T ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

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EID: 84871302835     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccs054     Document Type: Article

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