English Speakers Learning Spanish: Perception Issues Regarding Vowels and Stress
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Perception and Production of Spanish Vowels by English Speakers
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Language Teaching and Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1798-4769
DOI: 10.17507/jltr.0601.04