Assessing Writing Jan 2019

The influence of lexical features on teacher judgements of ESL argumentative essays

Cristina Vögelin ; Thorben Jansen ; Stefan D. Keller ; Nils Machts ; Jens Möller
Journal
Assessing Writing
Published
2019-01-01
DOI
10.1016/j.asw.2018.12.003
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