The effect of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on United Arab Emirates English as a Foreign Language (EFL) school students' achievement and attitude

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-142

  Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman Ghaleb ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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