The effects of test anxiety on listening test performance

System

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-340

  In'nami, Yo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Listening test performance; Structural equation modeling; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748169196     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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