Open Access
Issue
SHS Web Conf.
Volume 53, 2018
International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS 2018)
Article Number 05005
Number of page(s) 11
Section Teaching and Learning
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185305005
Published online 16 October 2018
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