Learning beliefs of distance foreign language learners in China: A survey study

System

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-40

  Zhang, Xiuyuan ^a   Cui, Gang ^b  

^a Policy Research   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Beliefs; Distance education; Distance learning; English; Foreign language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149179044     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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