Improving reading performance among Egyptian engineering students: Principles and practice

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-445

  Pritchard, Rosalind M O ^a   Nasr, Atef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabs; Egypt; English for Engineering; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044253037     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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