Malaysian learners and their perceptions towards online english language courses

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-224

  Krish, Pramela ^a   Wong, Bee Eng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distance learning; English language course; Online learning; Perceptions; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549104058     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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