Modeling the Development of L1 and EFL Writing Proficiency of Secondary School Students

Language Learning

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-79

  Schoonen, Rob ^a   Van Gelderen, Amos ^a   Stoel, Reinoud D ^a   Hulstijn, Jan ^a   De Glopper, Kees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

L1 writing; L2 writing; Modeling writing; Structural equation modeling; Writing development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551630977     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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