'Great expectations': The motivational profile of Hungarian English language students

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-82

  Kormos, Judit ^a   Csizér, Kata ^a   Menyhárt, Adrienn ^a   Török, Dóra ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

English language; English language students; Language attitudes; Learner autonomy; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149159488     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022207084884     Document Type: Article

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