An analysis of Chinese EFL students' use of first and second language in peer feedback of L2 writing

System

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-38

  Yu, Shulin ^a   Lee, Icy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

L1; L2; Peer feedback; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907873789     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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