Becoming a writing teacher: Using "identity" as an analytic lens to understand EFL writing teachers' development

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-345

  Lee, Icy ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EFL; Identity; Professional development; Writing teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881227439     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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