Connecting with communities of learners and speakers: Integrative ideals, experiences, and motivations of successful black second language learners

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-466

  Anya, Uju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black L2 learners; Identity; Investment; Motivation; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155194021     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2011.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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