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ERIC Number: EJ669720
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1226-8909
Writing in a Foreign Language: A Writing Problem or a Language Problem?
Aliakbari, Mohammad
Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, v6 n2 p157-68 2002
Studied the extent to which first language and second language (l2) writing proficiency can predict performance in L2 writing. Findings suggest that writing in a foreign or second language context is necessarily a language problem, not a writing problem. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Native Language