Is academic language use a separate dimension in beginning writing? Evidence from Korean

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-15

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Park, Chea Hyeong ^b   Park, Younghee ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Busan National University of Education   (South Korea)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic literate language; Dimension; Korean; Language and literacy; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880444991     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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