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The effectiveness of different explicit vocabulary-teaching strategies on learners’ retention of technical and academic words

Khaled Alamri, Vivienne Rogers Orcid Logo

The Language Learning Journal, Volume: 46, Issue: 5, Pages: 622 - 633

Swansea University Author: Vivienne Rogers Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09571736.2018.1503139

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The effectiveness of explicit instruction, within the context of strategy development in learners, has been widely accepted for several years. However, the methods used within explicit vocabulary instruction are varied and comparatively few studies have directly compared methods. This study investig...

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ISSN: 0957-1736 1753-2167
Published: Informa UK Limited 2018
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