Exploring the practices and cognitions of Iranian ELT instructors and subject teachers in teaching EAP reading comprehension

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-38

  Atai, Mahmood Reza ^a   Fatahi Majd, Mosayeb ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discipline based EAP; EAP reading comprehension instruction; ELT instructors; Subject teachers; Teachers' practices and cognitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888027664     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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