Wireless laptops in English classrooms: A SWOT analysis from Singapore;Les ordinateurs portables sans fils dans les classes d’anglais: Une analyse SWOT (forces et faiblesses) à Singapour;Radiolaptops in englischen Klassenzimmern: Eine SWOT-Analyse aus Singapur;Los ordenadores portatiles inalámbricos en aulas de inglés: Un analísis SWOT (puntos fuertes y debilidades) en Singapur

Educational Media International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-221

  Towndrow, Phillip A ^a   Vaish, Viniti ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

English language learning; multimodal literacy; new media; one to one laptop computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861188736     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523980903135335     Document Type: Article

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