Investigating the use of cohesive devices by Chinese EFL learners

Asian EFL Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 42-65

  Ong, Justina ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China EFL Learners; Cohesive Errors; Expository writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864642166     PISSN: 17381460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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