Listening to our learners' voices: What demotivates Japanese high school students?

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-471

  Kikuchi, Keita ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

English as a foreign language; Individual differences; Motivation; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350524938     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168809341520     Document Type: Article

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