Facilitating the Acquisition of Second Language Reading Strategies with the Explicit Reading Strategy Training and the Reading Portfolio Approach

Linling Yao

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2024.20764

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Received: 6 December 2024

Published: 8 February 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2024.20764

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Yao,L. (2025). Facilitating the Acquisition of Second Language Reading Strategies with the Explicit Reading Strategy Training and the Reading Portfolio Approach. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,83,122-128.

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