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Reading in a foreign language at intermediate and advanced levels with particular reference to English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2008

Eddie Williams and
Chris Moran
Eddie Williams
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Chris Moran
Affiliation:
West Sussex Institute of Higher Education
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Language Teaching , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1989, pp. 217 - 228
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