Linguistic skills and speaking fluency in a second language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 893-916

  De Jong, Nivja H ^a   Steinel, Margarita P ^b   Florijn, Arjen ^b   Schoonen, Rob ^b   Hulstijn, Jan H ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84884237617     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716412000069     Document Type: Article

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