Scaling Writing Ability: A Corpus-Driven Inquiry

Written Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-35

  Dryer, Dylan B ^a  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

English for academic purposes; genre; institution; measurement; uptake; validity; writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872348340     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088312466992     Document Type: Article

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