The effects of trained peer review on EFL students' revision types and writing quality

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-141

  Min, Hui Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EFL writing; Peer review training; Revision quality; Revision types; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747082968     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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