Three ESL students writing a policy paper assignment: An activity-analytic perspective

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Li, Yongyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activity system analysis; Activity theory; ESL students' source based academic writing; Writing from sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875591265     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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