The interactions between the effects of implicit and explicit feedback and individual differences in language analytic ability and working memory

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 634-654

  Li, Shaofeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aptitude; Corrective feedback; Language analytic ability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882720164     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12030.x     Document Type: Article

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