The relationship between metalinguistic knowledge and learning outcomes among undergraduate students of chinese

Language Awareness

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-162

  Elder, Catherine ^a   Manwaring, Diane ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chinese proficiency; Foreign language study; Grammar; Metalinguistic knowledge; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009579114     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410408667092     Document Type: Article

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