Blending technologies in ESL courses: A reflexive enquiry

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 402-409

  Gruba, Paul ^a   Clark, Cameron ^a   Ng, Kellyn ^a   Wells, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blended curriculum; ESL programs; Listening; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; DIGITAL RESOURCES; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING; LISTENING; PODCASTS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REFLECTIVE ACTION; RESEARCH AGENDA; SECOND LANGUAGE; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION;

BLENDING; CURRICULA; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

TEACHING;

EID: 84870890314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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