University students' beliefs about learning English and French in Lebanon

System

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-96

  Diab, Rula L ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

BALLI; Beliefs about language learning; English as a Foreign Language; French as a Foreign language; Individual differences; Language medium background; Lebanon; Motivation; Socio political factors in language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344477468     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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