Iranian and Turkish EFL Professors’ Perceptions of the (De)merits of Virtual Learning Platforms: Issues Related to Instruction, Assessment, and Resources

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Shirin Akbarzadeh ¹ (Department of English Language, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran)
Parviz Alavinia ² (Department of English Language, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran)
Mehdi Sarkhosh ³ (Department of English Language, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran)

Received: 2022-09-07 Accepted : 2022-09-14 Published : 2023-07-01

Keywords: ارزیابی, آموزش, مواد/منابع, بسترهای یادگیری مجازی,

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