Teaching writing to low proficiency EFL students

ELT Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-352

  Firkins, Arthur ^a,b   Forey, Gail ^c   Sengupta, Sima ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TWGH   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE

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EID: 34748917571     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccm052     Document Type: Article

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