Designing oral participation in second life a comparative study of two language proficiency courses

ReCALL

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-226

  Deutschmann, Mats ^a   Panichi, Luisa ^b   Molka Danielsen, Judith ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

CMC; Oral participation; Second Life; Task design; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450184341     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344009000196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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