Supporting learner autonomy: Developing practice through the production of courses for distance learners of French, German and Spanish

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-102

  Murphy, Linda M ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autonomous language learning; Critical reflection; Distance language learning; Interaction; Metacognitive strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449102484     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168807084495     Document Type: Article

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