Genres and registers of student report writing: An SFL perspective on texts and practices

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-63

  Gardner, Sheena ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic literacies; Genre analysis; Research reports; Student writing; Systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857040704     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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