Reimagining Communicative Context: ELF Interaction in Second Life to Learn EFL

Journal of Language, Identity and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-34

  Liang, Mei Ya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

communicative context; conversational interaction; English as a foreign language (EFL); English as a lingua franca (ELF); Second Life; semiotic ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858638790     PISSN: 15348458     EISSN: 15327701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2012.644118     Document Type: Article

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