Do Secondary L2 Writers Benefit from Peer Comments?

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-170

  Tsui, Amy B M ^a   Ng, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Carmel Secondary School   (China)

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EID: 0345849867     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(00)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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