Television Advertisements as a Window on Culture for Teaching English as a Second Language
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عنوان ژورنال: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1877-0428
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.298