Students' attitudes towards integration of ICTs in a reading course: A case in Turkey

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 200-211

  Sagin Simsek, C S ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; ICTs; Reading online

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (FLE); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT); READING ONLINE;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 43549095701     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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