The influence of personality and anxiety on the oral performance of Japanese speakers of English

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 841-855

  Oya, Taeko ^a   Manalo, Emmanuel ^a   Greenwood, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 8644240359     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1063     Document Type: Article

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