Effects of Journal Writing on EFL Teacher Trainees’ Reflective Practice

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Amin Khanjani ¹ , Fereidoon Vahdany ² , Manoochehr Jafarigohar ³

1 - Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2017-11-04 Accepted : 2017-12-23 Published : 2018-03-01

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