Investigating Japanese learners' beliefs about language learning

System

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-492

  Sakui, K ^a   Gaies, S J ^b  

^a Momoyama Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cognitive style; Language attitudes; Language culture relationship; Learning processes; Metacognition; Second language instruction; Second language learning; Self concept; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001360219     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(99)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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