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Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model. / Mudraya, Olga.
In: English for Specific Purposes, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2006, p. 235-256.

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Mudraya, O 2006, 'Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model.', English for Specific Purposes, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 235-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2005.05.002

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Mudraya, O. (2006). Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model. English for Specific Purposes, 25(2), 235-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2005.05.002

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Mudraya O. Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model. English for Specific Purposes. 2006;25(2):235-256. doi: 10.1016/j.esp.2005.05.002

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Mudraya, Olga. / Engineering English : a lexical frequency instruction model. In: English for Specific Purposes. 2006 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 235-256.

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