Commenting on research results in applied linguistics and education: A comparative genre-based investigation

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-294

  Lim, Jason Miin Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

English for research purposes; Genre analysis; Teaching materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349303844     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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