Empirical examination of EFL readers' use of rhetorical information

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-98

  Lahuerta Martinez, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conscious recognition of structure; Reading aid; Reading comprehension; Reproduction; Rhetorical resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644234899     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(00)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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