Students' perception of a wiki platform and the impact of wiki engagement on intercultural communication

System

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-256

  Wang, Jinghui ^a   Zou, Bin ^b   Wang, Dongshuo ^c   Xing, Minjie ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interaction; Intercultural communication competence; Native speakers; Peer mentoring; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878915394     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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