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Introduction: Special issue on knowledge and use of the lexicon in French as a second language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

JEANINE TREFFERS-DALLER*
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
HELMUT MICHAEL DALLER
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
DAVID MALVERN
Affiliation:
University of Reading
BRIAN RICHARDS
Affiliation:
University of Reading
PAUL MEARA
Affiliation:
Swansea University
JAMES MILTON
Affiliation:
Swansea University
*
Address for correspondence: Jeanine Treffers-Daller, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK e-mail: Jeanine.Treffers-Daller@uwe.ac.uk

Extract

This special issue of JFLS focuses on what learners know about French words, on how they use that knowledge and on how it can be investigated and assessed.

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