Can you measure attitudinal factors in intercultural communication? Tracing the development of attitudes in e-mail projects

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Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-173

  Vogt, Karin ^a  

^a University of Education Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

assessment; communication; e mail project; intercultural communicative competence; Intercultural learning; telecollaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249162331     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095834400600022X     Document Type: Article

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