Using a blended approach to teach english for academic purposes: Malaysian students' perceptions of redesigned course materials

International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-153

  Thang, S M ^a   Wong, F F ^a   Noor, N M ^a   Mustaffa, R ^a   Mahmud, N ^a   Ismail, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Course evaluation; English for academic purposes; Materials evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873190814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18334105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ijpl.2012.7.2.142     Document Type: Article

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