The link between foreign language classroom anxiety and psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism among adult Bi- and multilinguals

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 670-684

  Dewaele, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Foreign language classroom anxiety; Multilingualism; Neuroticism; Psychoticism; Second Language Acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882716144     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12036.x     Document Type: Article

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