Meeting the challenges of English-medium higher education: The first-year experience in Hong Kong

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-208

  Evans, Stephen ^a   Morrison, Bruce ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic literacy; EAP; First year experience; Hong Kong; Longitudinal research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956047760     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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