Designing EAP reading courses at the university level

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-386

  Spector Cohen, Elana ^a   Kirschner, Michal ^a   Wexler, Carol ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0347751056     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(00)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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