Towards a seamless language learning framework mediated by the ubiquitous technology

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-171

  Wong, Lung Hsiang ^a   Chai, Ching Sing ^a   Chin, Chee Kuen ^b   Hsieh, Yu Fen ^b   Liu, May ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DBR; Design for scalability; Design based research; MALL; Mobile assisted language learning; Seamless learning; Socio techno pedagogical framework; Vocabulary learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869841891     PISSN: 1746725X     EISSN: 17467268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2012.047599     Document Type: Article

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