Short-term study abroad: Predicting changes in oral skills

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 504-530

  Martinsen, Rob A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture and language learning; Linguistic gains; Motivation; Oral skills; Short term study abroad; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956587848     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2010.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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