Academic oral communication needs of East Asian international graduate students in non-science and non-engineering fields

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-489

  Kim, Soonhyang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic listening; Academic speaking; East Asian students; English as a second language; English for academic purposes; Oral classroom participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748911985     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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