Teaching and assessing writing: An Australian perspective

English in Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 8-22

  Wyatt Smith, Claire ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; English language education; Explicit teaching; Genre

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745761170     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.1997.tb00129.x     Document Type: Article

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