How Language Learners Can Develop Communication Skills in English: An Analysis of the Structural and Interactional Aspects of Teleconferences in the IDEELS Telematics Simulation Project
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September 3 – 7, 2007 International Conference on Engineering Education – ICEE 2007 How Language Learners Can Develop Communication Skills in English: An Analysis of the Structural and Interactional Aspects of Teleconferences in the IDEELS Telematics Simulation Project. Penny MacDonald Polytechnic University of Valencia, Department of Applied Linguistics (DIAAL Research Group), Camino de Vera, s/n, 46010 Valencia, Spain. e-mail: [email protected] David Perry
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