Teaching intercultural communication in a technical writing service course: Real instructors’ practices and suggestions for textbook selection

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 15-214

  Barker, Thomas ^a   Matveeva, Natalia ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85071201266     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1502_4     Document Type: Article

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