Searching for Kiyoko: Bettering mandatory ESL writing placement

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-174

  Haswell, Richard H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

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EID: 0038934812     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(98)90011-X     Document Type: Article

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