Exploring the role of reformulations and a model text in EFL students' writing performance

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-484

  Yang, Luxin ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a  

^a BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

model text; noticing; pair discussions; reformulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957916404     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168810375369     Document Type: Article

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