Mobile blogs in language learning: Making the most of informal and situated learning opportunities

ReCALL

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-112

  Comas Quinn, Anna ^a   Mardomingo, Raquel ^a   Valentine, Chris ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group blogs; Informal learning; Language learning; Mobile learning; Situated learning; User generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450208682     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344009000032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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