Do English and ESL Faculty Differ in Evaluating the Essays of Native English-Speaking and ESL Students?

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-182

  Song, Bailin ^a   Caruso, Isabella ^b  

^a KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347981311     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(96)90023-5     Document Type: Article

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