Learning to argue in EAP: Evaluating a curriculum innovation from the inside

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-31

  Salter Dvorak, Hania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Argumentation; Evaluation; Learning opportunities; Pedagogic models; Redrafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955604496     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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