E-textbooks in ESL classrooms: are learners on board?

Sebah Al-Ali (Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE)
Azim Ahmed (Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE)

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives

ISSN: 2077-5504

Article publication date: 1 December 2015

Issue publication date: 1 December 2015

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Abstract

As publishers and academia swiftly head towards e-textbooks, it is important to understand how students feel about using e-textbooks as a primary learning tool. This paper discusses results of a small-scale study looking into how a group of language learners view and use e-textbooks as learning tools in ESL classrooms. The paper concludes by offering teaching implications that could ease integrating e-textbooks in language classrooms in a more effective and efficient manner.

Citation

Al-Ali, S. and Ahmed, A. (2015), "E-textbooks in ESL classrooms: are learners on board?", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 3-22. https://doi.org/10.18538/lthe.v12.n2.222

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2015 Sebah Al-Ali and Azim Ahmed

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Acknowledgements

Publisher's note: The Publisher would like to inform the reader that the article “E-textbooks in ESL classrooms: are learners on board?” has changed pagination. Previous pagination was pp. 1-20. The updated pagination for the article is now pp. 3-22. The Publisher apologises for any inconvenience caused.

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