In piazza online: Exploring the use of wikis with beginner foreign language learners

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-411

  Kennedy, Claire ^a   Miceli, Tiziana ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

beginners; computer mediated communication; Italian; out of class practice; sense of community; wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887144467     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2013.770035     Document Type: Article

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