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Anxiety in Spanish EFL University Lessons: Causes, Responsibility Attribution and Coping

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
Volume 49 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)
By: Patricia Arnaiz and  Jessica Pérez-Luzardo  
Open Access
|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2014-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2082-5102 | Journal ISSN: 0081-6272
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Language: English
Page range: 57 - 76
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
anxiety,
foreign language,
self-perceived responsibility,
self-perceived coping ability,
university context
Related subjects:
Linguistics and semiotics,
Other languages of Europe,
European languages, other,
Literary studies,
Anglo-American literature,
Anglo-American literature, general,
Topics in literary studies,
Literary studies and linguistics

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