Massively multiplayer online role-playing games as arenas for second language learning

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-439

  Peterson, Mark ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MMORPGs; Taming; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449274237     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2010.520673     Document Type: Article

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