Key variables in language learning: What do learners believe about them?

System

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-513

  Cotterall, Sara ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Language learning beliefs strategies; Language learning autonomy; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002019009     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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