Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Foreign language anxiety of students studying English Language and Literature: A Sample from Turkey

Şenel Elaldı
  • Åženel Elaldı
  • Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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  •  Received: 29 September 2015
  •  Accepted: 22 February 2016
  •  Published: 23 March 2016

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