Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge in second language research

Language Learning

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 595-626

  Rebuschat, Patrick ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Explicit knowledge; Explicit learning; Implicit knowledge; Implicit learning; Second language acquisition; Subjective measures; Verbal reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881548006     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12010     Document Type: Article

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