Metacognitive beliefs and strategies in learning Chinese as a foreign language

System

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-56

  Wang, Jinghui ^a   Spencer, Ken ^b   Xing, Minjie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese as a foreign language; Chinese characters; Metacognitive beliefs; Metacognitive knowledge; Metacognitive strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649108091     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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