LANGUAGE APTITUDE and SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY in CLASSROOM LEARNERS of DIFFERENT STARTING AGES

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-400

  Harley, Birgit ^a   Hart, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84933479786     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263197003045     Document Type: Article

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