Engineering conditions of possibility in technology-enhanced language learning

Thorne, Steven L.

doi:10.1075/lsse.2.11tho

In:Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications
Edited by Catherine Caws and Marie-Josée Hamel
[Language Studies, Science and Engineering 2] 2016
► pp. 241–246

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Engineering conditions of possibility in technology-enhanced language learning

Steven L. Thorne | Portland State University, USA & University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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