An evaluation of the efficiencyof pre-reading tasks and schema activation activities in teaching reading

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Demiriz, Ebru
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E. Demiriz, “An evaluation of the efficiencyof pre-reading tasks and schema activation activities in teaching reading,” Middle East Technical University, 1998.
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