Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning: Introduction to the special issue

DeKeyser, Robert M.

doi:10.1075/jsls.00007.int

Introduction published In: Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning
Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser
[Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2] 2019
► pp. 165–168

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Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning

Introduction to the special issue

Robert M. DeKeyser | University of Maryland, College Park

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Published online: 8 October 2019

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