Social Networking practices: initial experimentation in italian as a second language courses for Erasmus students

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Published: Apr 30, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/193
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Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Social Networks and Learning, Field experience column, social networking, italian course L2, Erasmus, students,

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Emanuela Cotroneo
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione Linguistica e Culturale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova

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Three Social Networks created with the Ning web service and used within face-to-face courses in Italian as a second language for Erasmus students.

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2012): TD55 - Social Networks and Learning
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Column "Field experiences"

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