Japanese national identification and English language learning processes

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-123

  Rivers, Damian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment to national heritage; English language learning; Intercultural relations; Internationalism; Japanese national identification; Nationalism; Patriotism; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650910948     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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