CALL and Web training with teacher self-empowerment: A departmental and long-term approach

Computers and Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Murray, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign language teacher education; Group inservice training; Integration; On going skills upgrading; Self empowerment; Software evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007348832     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(98)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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