Strategy Inventory for Language Learning-ELL Student Form: Testing for Factorial Validity

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 474-489

  Ardasheva, Yuliya ^a   Tretter, Thomas R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary and secondary education; English language learners; Instrument validation; Language learning strategies; Strategy Inventory for Language Learning ELL Student Form; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878263296     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12011.x     Document Type: Article

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