Local and global identities in an EFL internet chat exchange

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 965-980

  Menard Warwick, Julia ^a   Heredia Herrera, Ana ^b   Palmer, Dionne Soares ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; English as a Foreign Language; Intercultural communication; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888068610     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12048.x     Document Type: Article

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