The use of popular science articles in teaching scientific literacy

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-396

  Parkinson, Jean ^a   Adendorff, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Popular science; Scientific genres; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044265184     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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