Extensive reading online: An overview and evaluation

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-446

  Sun, Yu Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concordancer; English; ESL; Extensive reading; Reading strategies; Undergraduate; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534228     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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