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Integrating Second Life into an EFL Program in China: Research Collaboration across the Continents

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Integrating Second Life into an EFL Program in China: Research Collaboration across the Continents. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 53, 14–19 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-009-0337-z

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