A comparative analysis of learninig a foreign language in multimedia courses with regular EFL courses. A case study at the University of Cuenca

Nowadays, there are different methods that students can use to learn English as a foreign language. One of them is through using multimedia at The University of Cuenca on the newly implemented multimedia course. However, a lack of information to demonstrate whether these courses are effective or no...

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Autor principal: Cabrera Arias, Sandra Mercedes
Format: Thesis Llibre
Idioma:Spanish
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Accés en línia:http://nas.ucuenca.edu.ec/BibliotecaDigital/ebooks/tm4514.pdf

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