Assessing grammatical and textual features in L2 writing samples: The case of french as a foreign language

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-232

  Chiang, Steve Y ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0142064720     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0026-7902.00017     Document Type: Review

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