Comparing the outcomes of online listening versus online text-based tasks in university level Italian L2 study

ReCALL

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-66

  Absalom, Matthew ^a   Rizzi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CALL; Italian language; Listening; Online tasks; Radio

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849132277     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344008000517     Document Type: Article

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