Is Library Database Searching a Language Learning Activity?
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Is Library Database Searching a Language Learning Activity?
Karen Bordonaro is Instruction Coordinator/Liaison Librarian for Applied Linguistics and Modern Languages in the James A. Gibson Library at Brock University; e-mail: [email protected]. © Karen Bordonaro This study explores how non-native speakers of English think of words to enter into library databases when they begin the process of searching for information in English. At issue is whether ...
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عنوان ژورنال: College & Research Libraries
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2150-6701,0010-0870
DOI: 10.5860/0710273