Introduction to the Special Issue

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-156

  Orr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

Author keywords

English of science and engineering (S E); Language research and education; Nonnative speakers (NNS); Software product development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

LANGUAGE RESEARCH;

FORMAL LANGUAGES;

EID: 0141638684     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2003.816779     Document Type: Review

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