Assessing motivation and learning strategies using the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a foreign language learning context

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Huang, Shu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude and motivation test battery; Foreign language learning; Learning motivation; Motivated strategies for learning questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049111177     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.4.529     Document Type: Article

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