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City Development And Higher Education:Mutual Influence And Change 城市发展与高等教育:相互影响与变迁

Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI: 10.26655/mjltm.2017.7.10.422

S. Khusnutdinova, R. Ulengov, N. Gabdrakhmanov

引用次数: 1

Use of Drills and Secondary School Students' Achievement in the English Language Spelling 练习的使用与中学生英语拼写成绩

Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.20431/2347-3134.0401003

C. Maduabuchi, Kindness Amara Iheanacho

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引用次数: 1

Extensive Reading In Relation To Lexical Knowledge & Reading Fluency: Evidence from Iranian EFL Learners 泛读与词汇知识和阅读流畅性的关系:来自伊朗英语学习者的证据

Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods Pub Date : 2011-11-01 DOI: 10.26655/MJLTM.2011.1.3.1

Sima Modirkhamene, Feridon Gowrki

引用次数: 7

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