MicroMandarin: Mobile language learning in context

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3169-3178

  Edge, Darren ^a   Searle, Elly ^a,b   Chiu, Kevin ^a,c   Zhao, Jing ^a,d   Landay, James A ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Context aware; Language learning; Microlearning; Mobile

Indexed keywords

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CONTEXT-AWARE; FIELD RESEARCH; IN CONTEXTS; LANGUAGE LEARNING; MICRO-LEARNING; MOBILE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE LANGUAGE LEARNING; SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

EID: 79958086213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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