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Yu-Chih Sun

National Chiao Tung University

Yu-Chih Sun is an associate professor at the Institute of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Her research interests include computer-assisted language learning, academic writing, and speech instruction. E-mail: sunyc@mail.NCTU.edu.tw

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