Politeness strategies in collaborative e-mail exchanges

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1022-1036

  Vinagre, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Computer mediated communication; Computer supported collaborative learning; Cross cultural projects; Interactive learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 38649131030     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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