Factors associated with foreign language anxiety

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-239

  Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^c   Bailey, Phillip ^b   Daley, Christine E ^a  

^a Muscogee County School District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033147727     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716499002039     Document Type: Article

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