E-Learning in the Context of English Language Teaching and Learning: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Approach

Subject Areas : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English

Peyman Nouraey ¹ , Mohammad Bavali ² , Fatemeh Behjat ³

1 - Department of English Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Department of English Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
3 - Department of English Language, Abadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadeh, Iran

Received: 2023-07-01 Accepted : 2023-08-13 Published : 2023-12-01

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