From the mouths of canadian university students: Web-based information-seeking activities for language learning

CALICO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-638

  Peters, Martine ^a   Weinberg, Alysse ^b   Sarma, Nandini ^c   Frankoff, Mary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Heritage College   (Canada)

Author keywords

French as a second language; Information seeking; Post secondary language education; Student perceptions; Web based activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045167061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20569017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11139/cj.28.3.621-638     Document Type: Article

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