Examination of the relationship between perfectionism and English achievement as mediated by foreign language classroom anxiety

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-614

  GhorbanDordinejad, Farhad ^a   Nasab, Amir Hosein Farjad ^a  

^a SHAHID RAJAEE TEACHER TRAINING UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

English achievement; Foreign language classroom anxiety; Iranian high school students; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890427547     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-013-9286-5     Document Type: Article

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