Sound barriers: Influences of social prestige, peer pressure and teacher (dis)approval on FL oral performance

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-244

  Lefkowitz, Natalie ^a   Hedgcock, John ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 84990323729     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1362168802lr107oa     Document Type: Article

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