A meta-analysis of effectiveness studies on computer technology-supported language learning

ReCALL

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-198

  Grgurović, Maja ^a   Chapelle, Carol A ^b   Shelley, MacK C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

computer assisted language learning.; meta analysis; research methods; research synthesis; second foreign language learning; secondary research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876114219     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344013000013     Document Type: Article

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