Writing academic english as a doctoral student in sweden: narrative perspectives

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 35, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-25

  Langum, Virginia ^a   Sullivan, Kirk P H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic writing in english; Doctoral education; Higher education; Narrative; Native speaker advantage; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008601728     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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