Task response and text construction across L1 and L2 writing

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-29

  Kobayashi, Hiroe ^a   Rinnert, Carol ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Discourse structure; English essays; Exposition; Japanese essays; Transfer; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049146655     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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