Formulaic sequences and EAP writing development: Lexical bundles in the TOEFL iBT writing section

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-225

  Staples, Shelley ^a   Egbert, Jesse ^a   Biber, Douglas ^a   McClair, Alyson ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic writing development; Corpus linguistics; EAP; Learner writing; Lexical bundles; TOEFL iBT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883322119     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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