Exploring six MBA students' summary writing by introspection

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-192

  Yang, Luxin ^a   Shi, Ling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disciplinary writing; Summary writing; Think aloud protocols; Writing processes; Writing strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444461951     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(03)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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