An exploration of Chinese EFL learners' unwillingness to communicate and foreign language anxiety

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Liu, Meihua ^a   Jackson, Jane ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 41949124390     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2008.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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