Sociodemographic, psychological and politicocultural correlates in Flemish students' attitudes towards French and English

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-137

  Dewaele, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bilingualism; Communicative anxiety; Individual differences; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247656540     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630508668400     Document Type: Article

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