Exploring variability in language anxiety: Two groups of PRC students learning ESL in Singapore

RELC Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-91

  Zhang, Lawrence Jun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 61049377663     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368820103200105     Document Type: Article

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