Non-native Graduate Students' Thesis/Dissertation Writing in Science: Self-reports by Students and Their Advisors from Two U.S. Institutions

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-390

  Dong, Yu Ren ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0010353909     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(97)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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