Teaching the academic argument in a university EFL environment

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-241

  Bacha, Nahla Nola ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Academic argument; Argumentative instruction; EAP writing; EFL writing instruction; Lebanon; University EFL writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955423163     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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