The difficulty of standards, for example in L2 writing

On Second Language Writing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 209-229

  Cumming, Alister ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Modern Language Centre   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071828227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410600899-21     Document Type: Chapter

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