The relationship between writers' perceptions and their performance on a field-specific writing test

Assessing Writing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-110

  Lee, Hee kyung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EAP testing; Second language writing; Writer's perception; Writing assessment; Writing performance and perceptions; Writing prompts

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349164089     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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