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Writing in L1 and L2: analysing and evaluating learners' texts

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Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley
Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley
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University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
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Language Teaching , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 69 - 83
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