From bad to worse? Pupils' attitudes to modern foreign languages at ages 14 and 15

Language Learning Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-31

  Stables, Andrew ^a   Wikeley, Felicity ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010771432     PISSN: 09571736     EISSN: 17532167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09571739985200231     Document Type: Article

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