The relationship between language learning strategies, gender, proficiency and self-efficacy beliefs: A study of ELT learners in Turkey

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 682-687

  Yilmaz, Cevdet ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

gender; learner beliefs; learning strategies; profeciency; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957715289     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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