The interactive animated e-book as a word learning device for kindergartners

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 899-920

  Smeets, D J H ^a   Bus, A G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84930744278     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716413000556     Document Type: Article

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