Attribution and self-efficacy and their interrelationship in the Korean EFL context

Language Learning

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-627

  Hsieh, Peggy Pei Hsuan ^a   Kang, Hyun Sook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attribution; Learning English as a foreign language; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955251247     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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