A research on blogging as a platform to enhance language skills

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 773-777

  Montero Fleta, Begoña ^a   Pérez Sabater, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blogging; language learning; life long learning; motivation; writing skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957710235     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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