EXPLORING SPELLING ERRORS IN EXTEMPORANEOUS ESSAYS A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTANI UNIVERSITY EFL LEARNERS

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06      Published : Dec 2021
Authored by : Saeed AhmedLehri , Niaz Hussain Soomro , Zahid Hussain Pathan

06 Pages : 61-74

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    APA : Lehri, S. A., Soomro, N. H., & Pathan, Z. H. (2021). Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners. Global Language Review, VI(IV), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06
    CHICAGO : Lehri, Saeed Ahmed, Niaz Hussain Soomro, and Zahid Hussain Pathan. 2021. "Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners." Global Language Review, VI (IV): 61-74 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06
    HARVARD : LEHRI, S. A., SOOMRO, N. H. & PATHAN, Z. H. 2021. Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners. Global Language Review, VI, 61-74.
    MHRA : Lehri, Saeed Ahmed, Niaz Hussain Soomro, and Zahid Hussain Pathan. 2021. "Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners." Global Language Review, VI: 61-74
    MLA : Lehri, Saeed Ahmed, Niaz Hussain Soomro, and Zahid Hussain Pathan. "Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners." Global Language Review, VI.IV (2021): 61-74 Print.
    OXFORD : Lehri, Saeed Ahmed, Soomro, Niaz Hussain, and Pathan, Zahid Hussain (2021), "Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners", Global Language Review, VI (IV), 61-74
    TURABIAN : Lehri, Saeed Ahmed, Niaz Hussain Soomro, and Zahid Hussain Pathan. "Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani University EFL Learners." Global Language Review VI, no. IV (2021): 61-74. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06