EAP reading and lexis for Thai engineering undergraduates

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-301

  Ward, Jeremy ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

EAP; engineering; reading; Thailand; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749143254     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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