Towards an Understanding of Language Learner Self-Concept

Educational Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-201

  Mercer, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 85091213494     PISSN: 15720292     EISSN: 22151656     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9569-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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