EST: Evading scientific text

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-152

  Ward, Jeremy ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Applications; Engineering; English for science and technology (EST); Reading; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347034341     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(99)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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