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A crosscultural view of learning styles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2008

Rebecca L. Oxford  and
Neil J. Anderson
Rebecca L. Oxford
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, USA
Neil J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Ohio University, USA
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Language Teaching , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 201 - 215
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