Readability indices for the assesment of textbooksa feasibility study in the context of EFL

  1. Pascual Cantos Gómez 1
  2. Ángela Almela Sánchez-Lafuente 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

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Revista:
VIAL, Vigo international journal of applied linguistics

ISSN: 1697-0381

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 16

Páginas: 31-52

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.35869/VIAL.V0I16.92 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: VIAL, Vigo international journal of applied linguistics

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