Fostering metacognitive genre awareness in L2 academic reading and writing: A case study of pre-service English teachers

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-110

  Negretti, Raffaella ^a   Kuteeva, Maria ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

English for academic purposes; Genre analysis; L2 academic reading; L2 academic writing; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955025399     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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