Social Networking Sites and Language Learning
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Social Networking Sites and Language Learning
This article examines a study of seven learners who logged their experiences on the language leaning social networking site Livemocha over a period of three months. The features of the site are described and the likelihood of their future success is considered. The learners were introduced to the Social Networking Site (SNS) and asked to learn a language on the site. They were positive about tw...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1947-8518,1947-8526
DOI: 10.4018/jvple.2011070102