Engagement in the second life virtual world with students

Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 651-669

  Ho, Caroline M L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84897457937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch042     Document Type: Chapter

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