Interpersonal aspect of written feedback: a community college students’ perspective

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 499-519

  Chong, Sin Wang ^a  

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

Author keywords

community college; Feedback; interpersonal aspect; relationship; second language writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061005657     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2018.1526906     Document Type: Article

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