Toward a model of motivated vocabulary learning: A structural equation modeling approach

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-400

  Tseng, Wen Ta ^a   Schmitt, Norbert ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Motivation; Self regulation; Strategy use; Structural equation modeling; Vocabulary knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149152928     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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