The Practice of LSP

The Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 672-694

  Basturkmen, Helen ^a   Elder, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Courses; Instructions; Issues; LSp testing; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956192721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757000.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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