The effects of the cultural portfolio project on cultural and EFL learning in taiwan's EFL college classes

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-252

  Su, Ya Chen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cultural learning; EFL instruction; intercutlural understanding; portfolio project; stereotypes; student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952580245     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168810388721     Document Type: Article

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