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TEACHER EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT - ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Revisiting the role of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension

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Article: 2217345 | Received 13 Apr 2022, Accepted 17 May 2023, Published online: 25 May 2023

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