Explanatory variables for EFL students' expository writing

Language Learning

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-168

  Sasaki, Miyuki ^a   Hirose, Keiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030542652     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1996.tb00643.x     Document Type: Review

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