Ambivalence About Communicating in a Second Language: A Qualitative Study of French Immersion Students' Willingness to Communicate

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-96

  Macintyre, Peter D ^a   Burns, Carolyn ^a   Jessome, Alison ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79952791203     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2010.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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