Associations between Chinese EFL graduate students' beliefs and language learning strategies

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-152

  Tang, Mailing ^a   Tian, Jianrong ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

correlation analysis; English as a foreign language; language learning beliefs; learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919845806     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2014.882882     Document Type: Article

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