Attitude and self-efficacy change: English language learning in virtual worlds

CALICO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-231

  Zheng, Dongping ^a   Young, Michael F ^b   Brewer, Robert A ^c   Wagner, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Gaming Environment; Attitude and Self Efficacy; English Language Learning; Foreign Language Learning; Intercultural Collaboration; Virtual Worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044811007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20569017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11139/cj.27.1.205-231     Document Type: Article

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