Blogging to learn: Becoming EFL academic writers through collaborative dialogues

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-61

  Sun, Yu Chih ^a   Chang, Yu Jung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Blogs; Dialogic interaction; Identity; Reflective learning; Writing strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856764368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10943501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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