Using webquests for oral communication in English as a foreign language for tourism studies

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 258-270

  Laborda, Jesús García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

English for the professions; Oral development; Tourism; Webquests

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949177134     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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