Heritage language learners in first-year foreign language courses: A report of general data across learner subtypes

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-269

  Reynolds, Rachel R ^a   Howard, Kathryn M ^b   Deak, Julia ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language; Goals; Heritage language learners; Motivatio

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651091433     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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