Study abroad from the participants' perspective: A challenge to common beliefs

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-39

  Wilkinson, Sharon ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011378369     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb01330.x     Document Type: Review

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