"I ain't changing anything": A case-study of successful generation 1.5 immigrant college students' writing

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-193

  Riazantseva, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic socialization; Academic writing; College writing; Cultural capital; Generation 1.5; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861463579     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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