Students' developing conceptions of themselves as language learners

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-201

  Wlliams, Marion ^a   Burden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010770147     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0026-7902.00015     Document Type: Article

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