Online collaboration of English language teachers for meaningful professional development experiences

English Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 94-115

  Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul ^a   Adlina, Wan Fara Wan ^b   Embi, Mohamed Amin ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Online collaboration; Teacher development and growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055218856     PISSN: 11758708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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