Using e-journals to assess students' language awareness and social identity duringstudy abroad

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-159

  Stewart, Julia Aguilar ^a  

^a EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E journals; Language awareness; Social identity; Social networks; Spanish; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956601465     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2010.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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