Exploring students' perceptions of integrating Wiki technology and peer feedback into English writing courses

English Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-103

  Lin, Wen Chuan ^a   Yang, Shu Ching ^b  

^a WENZAO URSULINE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative writing; Peer review; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052164800     PISSN: 11758708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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