Teaching composition in the college level foreign language class: Insights and activities from sociocultural theory

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-216

  Roebuck, Regina F ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 25844508114     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2001.tb02402.x     Document Type: Article

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