Genre-based tasks in foreign language writing: Developing writers' genre awareness, linguistic knowledge, and writing competence

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-133

  Yasuda, Sachiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language writing; Genre awareness; Genre based tasks; Meaning making ability; Writing and language development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955000466     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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