Blending classroom instruction with online homework: A study of student perceptions of computer-assisted L2 learning

ReCALL

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-224

  Sagarra, Nuria ^a   Zapata, Gabriela C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blended learning; grammar vocabulary acquisition; online workbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849117021     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344008000621     Document Type: Article

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