Can a social networking site support afterschool group learning of Mandarin?

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-282

  Yang, Yang ^a   Crook, Charles ^b   O'Malley, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

afterschool; group learning; Mandarin learning; social networking activities; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901315475     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2013.839564     Document Type: Article

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