Anxiety and EFL: does multilingualism matter?

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 730-749

  Thompson, Amy S ^a   Lee, Junkyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anxiety; EFL; Korea; multilingualism; proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886444074     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2012.713322     Document Type: Article

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