E-mail writing as a cross-cultural learning experience

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Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-251

  Liaw, Meei Ling ^a   Johnson, Robert J ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; E mail; English as a Foreign Language; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041416337     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(01)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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