Supporting a course in new literacies and skills for linguists with a Virtual Learning Environment Results from a staff/student collaborative action-research project at Coventry University

ReCALL

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-209

  2 Jones, Marina ^a  

^a Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248707951     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344004001417     Document Type: Article

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