Learner interaction in a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG): A sociocultural discourse analysis

ReCALL

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-380

  Peterson, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CALL; Gaming; interaction; Keywords CMC; MMORPG; SLA; sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869995940     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344012000195     Document Type: Article

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