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Vol. 115/116 (1997) ► pp.137–164

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Some salient and persistent difficulties encountered by Chinese and Francophone students in the learning of English vocabulary

 | The second stage in a programme of research undertaken by the Ecole de Langues Vivantes of Namur University, Belgium, and the Foreign Language Institute of Wuhan University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering, China.
 | The second stage in a programme of research undertaken by the Ecole de Langues Vivantes of Namur University, Belgium, and the Foreign Language Institute of Wuhan University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering, China.
 | The second stage in a programme of research undertaken by the Ecole de Langues Vivantes of Namur University, Belgium, and the Foreign Language Institute of Wuhan University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering, China.
 | The second stage in a programme of research undertaken by the Ecole de Langues Vivantes of Namur University, Belgium, and the Foreign Language Institute of Wuhan University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering, China.
Published online: 1 January 1997
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