Learners' attitudes toward regional dialects and destination preferences in study abroad

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 565-587

  Shiri, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic dialects; Destination preferences; Factors influencing learner attitudes; Language learner attitudes; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890794362     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12058     Document Type: Article

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