Reshaping educational experience by volunteering in the community: Language learners in the real world

Journal of Intercultural Communication

Volumn , Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  Andrew, Martin ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Imagined communities; Investment; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85149194189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14041634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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