Anxiety and reading comprehension in Spanish as a foreign language

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 512-520

  Sellers, Vanisa D ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844277941     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2000.tb01995.x     Document Type: Article

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