Silence in the second language classrooms of Japanese Universities

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-343

  King, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878030848     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/ams043     Document Type: Article

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