Anxiety and non-anxiety in a distance language learning environment: The distance factor as a modifying influence

System

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-508

  Hurd, Stella ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Distance language learning; Language anxiety; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248956260     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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