Preparing writing teachers to teach the vocabulary and grammar of academic prose

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-147

  Coxhead, Averil ^a   Byrd, Pat ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Applied corpus linguistics; Language in use; Lexicogrammatical features of academic writing; On line resources; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049015021     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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