“I feel disappointed”: EFL university students’ emotional responses towards teacher written feedback

Assessing Writing

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-72

  Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EFL university students; Emotional responses; Revision; Second language writing; Teacher written feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992727054     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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