Promoting Speaking Proficiency through Motivation and Interaction: The Study Abroad and Classroom Learning Contexts

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 650-670

  Hernández, Todd A ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction; Motivation; Simulated oral proficiency interview; Spanish; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951777805     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2010.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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