Reframing graduate student writing strategies from an activity theory perspective

Language and Sociocultural Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-50

  Park, Ji Hyun ^a   De Costa, Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Activity theory; ESL learners in graduate schools; Sociocultural approach; Writing strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040843541     PISSN: 20519699     EISSN: 20519702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/lst.v2i1.24977     Document Type: Article

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