Student attitudes to the learning of English at secondary and tertiary levels

System

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-123

  Yang, Anson ^a   Lau, Lucus ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English language proficiency; Importance of English; Language attitudes; Secondary and tertiary education in Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037342713     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(02)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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