Testing principles of language learning in a cyber face-to-face environment

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 97-113

  Chen, Nian Shing ^a   Wang, Yuping ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyber face to face interaction; Distance language learning; Principles of instructed language learning; Synchronous cyber classroom; Synchronous learning management system

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149099357     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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