A problem-based learning approach to integrating foreign language into engineering

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-246

  Neville, David O ^a   Britt, David W ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Language for specific purposes; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547356705     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb03199.x     Document Type: Article

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