Exploring the blogosphere: Use of web logs in the Foreign language classroom

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 410-421

  Ducate, Lara C ^a   Lomicka, Lara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authentic documents; Blogosphere; Foreign language; Micropublishing; Web log

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846349175     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2005.tb02227.x     Document Type: Article

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