How computers facilitate English foreign language learners acquire English abstract words

Computers and Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-428

  Tsou, Wenli ^a   Wang, Weichung ^b   Li, Hung Yi ^a  

^a Department of Mathematics Education   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LANGUAGE LEARNING; STUDENTS LEARNING; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 31244435338     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(02)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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