A comparative study of peer and teacher feedback in a Chinese EFL writing class

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-200

  Yang, Miao ^a   Badger, Richard ^b   Yu, Zhen ^c  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Peer feedback; Teacher feedback; Teaching writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845266453     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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