Awareness in reading: EFL students’ metacognitive knowledge of reading strategies in an acquisition-poor environment

Language Awareness

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-288

  Zhang, Lawrence Jun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 85009545332     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410108667039     Document Type: Article

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