Investigating the perceptions of UKM undergraduates towards an English for science and technology online course

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Thang, Siew Ming ^a   Bidmeshki, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

English for specific purposes; Online course; Science and technology students

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049101599     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588220903467269     Document Type: Article

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