Transferring generic features and recontextualizing genre awareness: Understanding writing performance in the ESP genre-based literacy framework

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-307

  Cheng, An ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447530524     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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