The Influence of Vocal Qualities and Confirmation of Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers on Student Receiver Apprehension, Affective Learning, and Cognitive Learning

Communication Education

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  Hsu, Chia Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective Learning; Cognitive Learning; Nonnative English Speaking Teachers; Student Receiver Apprehension; Teacher Confirmation; Vocal Qualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858587942     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2011.615410     Document Type: Article

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