Pair versus individual writing: Effects on fluency, complexity and accuracy

Language Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-466

  Wigglesworth, Gillian ^a   Storch, Neomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Pairwork; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149161813     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532209104670     Document Type: Article

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