ESL learners' performance in error correction in writing: Some implications for teaching

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Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-477

  Lee, Icy ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031537217     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(97)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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