Raising and assessing pragmatic awareness in L2 academic language learning

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 297-310

  Tzanne, Angeliki ^a   Ifantidou, Elly ^a   Mitsikopoulou, Bessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interpretative route; L2 Academic learning; Pragmatic awareness; Text force

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950324897     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v16i09/46549     Document Type: Article

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