Ecological affordance and anxiety in an oral asynchronous computer-mediated environment

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-159

  McNeil, Levi ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affordance; Asynchronous cmc; Ecological linguistics; Foreign language anxiety; Voiceboards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897786704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10943501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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