Transitioning to a communication-oriented pedagogy: Taiwanese university freshmen's views on class participation

System

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-72

  Hsu, Wen Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Class discussion; Class participation; Communication oriented pedagogy; EFL; Non native English speaking (NNES) Asian students; Second and foreign language; Tertiary English instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922390337     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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