"The choice made from no choice": English writing instruction in a Chinese University

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-110

  You, Xiaoye ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; EFL writing instruction; English curriculum; Western approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044238842     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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