Peer scaffolding in an EFL writing classroom: An investigation of writing accuracy and scaffolding behaviors

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Parastou Gholami Pasand ¹ , Abdorreza Tahriri ²

1 - Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Arak University, Iran
2 - Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Guilan, Iran

Received: 2015-06-24 Accepted : 2017-09-08 Published : 2017-09-08

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