Modes of governmentality in an online space: A case study of blog activities in an advanced level Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language classroom

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-83

  Doerra, Neriko M ^a   Satob, Shinji ^b  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

'Native speaker' concept; Blog; Japanese; Language education; Modes of governmentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953224833     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2010.509547     Document Type: Article

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