Contrasting views of business students' writing needs in an EFL environment

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-93

  Bacha, Nahla Nola ^a   Bahous, Rima ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

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EID: 38349132978     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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