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Research Articles

The Role of the Establishment of Causal Connections and Elaboration Question Answering Tasks in the Comprehension of Spontaneous Narrative Discourse by Argentine College Students

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Pages 196-217 | Received 25 Sep 2023, Accepted 24 Oct 2023, Published online: 01 Nov 2023

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