Toward a theory of adaptive transfer: Expanding disciplinary discussions of " transfer" in second-language writing and composition studies

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-147

  DePalma, Michael John ^a   Ringer, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive transfer; Composition studies; Composition teaching; Contrastive rhetoric; English for academic purposes; L2 writers; Second language writing; Writing across the curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954996815     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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