Learning words from books: The effects of read-aloud on second language vocabulary acquisition

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-422

  Ulanoff, Sharon H ^a   Pucci, Sandra L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 85011194397     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.1999.10162743     Document Type: Article

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