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Contradictions in a Distance Course for a Marginalized Population at a Middle Eastern University
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Madyarov, Irshat; Taef, Aida – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
This study explores six cases of non-native English speaking students engaged in a distance English-medium course on critical thinking at a university in Iran. Framed within activity theory, the study investigated students' course-related activity systems with a particular focus on contradictions that underlie any human activity. The construct of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Second Language Learning