Characteristics of EFL readers' summary writing: A study with Korean University students

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 569-581

  Kim, Sung Ae ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33747714595     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2001.tb02104.x     Document Type: Article

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