Assessing cultural awareness and linguistic competency of EFL learners in a CMC-based active learning context

System

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-528

  Wu, Wen Chi Vivian ^a   Marek, Michael ^b   Chen, Nian Shing ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WAYNE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMC; Critical text analysis; Critical thinking; Cultural awareness; EFL; Holistic assessment; Linguistic competence; Portfolios; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879488400     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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