English for academic purposes at Swedish universities: Teachers' objectives and practices;Inglés con fines académicos en las universidades suecas: Objetivos y prácticas de los profesores

Iberica

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 55-78

  Pecorari, Diane ^a   Shaw, Philip ^b   Irvine, Aileen ^c   Malmström, Hans ^d  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

English for academic purposes; Higher education; Incidental language acquisition; Parallel language environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054012099     PISSN: 11397241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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