The importance of cohesive conditions to perceptions of writing quality at the early stages of foreign language learning

System

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-484

  Chiang, Steve ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coherence; Cohesion; Discourse competence; Rating scale; Writing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142087705     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2003.02.002     Document Type: Article

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