Topical knowledge and ESL writing

Language Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-464

  He, Ling ^a   Shi, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

English as a Second Language; language proficiency test; second language writing; topical knowledge; writing prompts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863299500     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532212436659     Document Type: Article

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