Matches in beliefs between teachers and students, and success in L2 attainment: The georgian example

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-249

  Polat, Nihat ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language teaching; Georgia; Grammar learning and teaching; Learner and teacher beliefs; The former Soviet Republic

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651089598     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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