Writing in English in Malaysian high schools: The discourse of examinations

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-140

  Tan, Kok Eng ^a   Miller, Jenny ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; ESL writing; Examinations; Genre; Social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947672830     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le663.0     Document Type: Article

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