Wikipedia in the classroom? Perceptions and attitudes of transfer students towards the use of Wikipedia

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Wikipedia in the classroom? Perceptions and attitudes of transfer students towards the use of Wikipedia

This paper provides a description of how Wikipeda was incorporated as a pedagogical means in the ESL settings and reports on the students' attitude and perception on the use of Wikipedia to enhance their L2 proficiency specifically their writing skills.Th experience involved the use of wiki tec...

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Main Author:	Malissa Maria Mahmud, *
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education P Philology. Linguistics PE English
Online Access:	http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/169/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/169/1/Malissa%20Maria%20-%20Wikipedia%20in%20the%20Classroom%20Perceptions%20and%20Attitudes%20of%20Transfer%20Students%20towards%20the%20use%20of%20Wikipedia.pdf

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