The teaching of English-as-a-second-language writing in the Asia-Pacific region: A cross-country comparison

RELC Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-143

  Pennington, Martha C ^a   So, Sufumi ^b   Hirose, Keiko ^c   Costa, Vrginia ^d   Shing, Joe Li Wai ^e   Niedzielski, Krystyna ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NONE

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EID: 61049094526     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368829702800108     Document Type: Article

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