Diverse, unforeseen, and quaint difficulties: The sensible responses of novices learning to follow instructions in academic writing

Research in the Teaching of English

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-207

  Macbeth, Karen P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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