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Second Language Acquisition Research Methods. / Abbuhl, Rebekha; Mackey, Alison Jayne.
Research Methods in Language and Education. ed. / Kendall King; Yi-Ju Lai; Stephen May. 2nd. ed. Cham: Springer, 2008. p. 183-193 (Encyclopedia of Language and Education; Vol. 10).

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Abbuhl, R & Mackey, AJ 2008, Second Language Acquisition Research Methods. in K King, Y-J Lai & S May (eds), Research Methods in Language and Education. 2nd edn, Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol. 10, Springer, Cham, pp. 183-193.

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Abbuhl, R., & Mackey, A. J. (2008). Second Language Acquisition Research Methods. In K. King, Y-J. Lai, & S. May (Eds.), Research Methods in Language and Education (2nd ed., pp. 183-193). (Encyclopedia of Language and Education; Vol. 10). Springer.

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Abbuhl R, Mackey AJ. Second Language Acquisition Research Methods. In King K, Lai Y-J, May S, editors, Research Methods in Language and Education. 2nd ed. Cham: Springer. 2008. p. 183-193. (Encyclopedia of Language and Education).

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Abbuhl, Rebekha ; Mackey, Alison Jayne. / Second Language Acquisition Research Methods. Research Methods in Language and Education. editor / Kendall King ; Yi-Ju Lai ; Stephen May. 2nd. ed. Cham : Springer, 2008. pp. 183-193 (Encyclopedia of Language and Education).

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