The impact of clickers use on vocabulary knowledge and satisfaction in an EFL class in China

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 47-59

  Zhonggen, Yu ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaoxing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Monitoring and Prevention of Smart City   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Clickers; EFL; Multimedia; Satisfaction; Vocabulary knowledge

Indexed keywords

CLICKERS; ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MULTIMEDIA; SATISFACTION; STUDENTS' SATISFACTION; VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84919643797     PISSN: 15501876     EISSN: 15501337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijicte.2014070104     Document Type: Article

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