Locus of learning and affective strategy use: Two factors affecting success in self-instructed language learning

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 640-659

  Bown, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a Brighton Young University   (United States)

^b Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Beliefs; Language learning strategies; Locus of control; Self instructed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846476118     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2006.tb02281.x     Document Type: Article

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