Effects of varying lengths of study-abroad experiences on Japanese EFL students' L2 writing ability and motivation: A longitudinal study

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-105

  Sasaki, Miyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79952743538     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5054/tq.2011.240861     Document Type: Article

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