How do culturally situated notions of 'polite' forms influence the way Vietnamese postgraduate students write academic English in Australia?

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 296-308

  Ha, Phan Le ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Cultural background; English for academic purposes; Graduate study; Student writing models; Writing skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649228     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410104500307     Document Type: Article

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