Creativity and EFL Students' Language Use During a Group Problem-Solving Task

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 188-199

  Mcdonough, Kim ^a   Crawford, William J ^b   Mackey, Alison ^c,d  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922973515     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tesq.211     Document Type: Article

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