Student motivation to learn english as a foreign language

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 632-644

  Shaaban, Kassim A ^a   Ghaith, Ghazi ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 27844456235     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2000.tb00932.x     Document Type: Article

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