Thesis and Dissertation Writing

The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 283-299

  Thompson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissertation writing; Doctoral thesis; English for specific purposes (ESP); Student writer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887207877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118339855.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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