Measuring vocabulary size in English as an additional language

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-173

  Cameron, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990321437     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168802lr103oa     Document Type: Article

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