Teachers' role, learners' gender differences, and FL anxiety among seventh-grade students studying English as a FL

Educational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 711-721

  Abu Rabia, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 5644292377     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341042000263006     Document Type: Article

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