The use of exemplars in English writing classrooms: from theory to practice

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 748-763

  Chong, Sin Wang ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English as a second language writing; exemplar based instruction; higher education; use of exemplars

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057300534     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1535051     Document Type: Article

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