Learners' perceptions of how anxiety interacts with personal and instructional factors to influence their achievement in english: A qualitative analysis of EFL learners in China

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-183

  Yan, Jackie Xiu ^a   Horwitz, Elaine Kolker ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective factors; Chinese learners; Foreign language learning; Grounded theory analysis (GTA); Individual differences; Interview study; Language anxiety; Learner perception; Qualitative study; Social influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749141438     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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