Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners' beliefs about language learning: A review of BALLI studies

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Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-576

  Horwitz, Elaine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

American language learners; Beliefs about language learning; Cultural differences; Foreign language aptitude; Individual differences; Korean language learners; Language learning contexts; Taiwanese language learners; Turkish language learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041822704     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(99)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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