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‘How do you say it in Arabic, in Hebrew, in English?’ Towards a better understanding of children’s agentic behaviour in novel language learning

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Pages 621-636 | Received 19 Jun 2019, Accepted 09 Dec 2019, Published online: 13 Jan 2020

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