Associations between participation in the ESL class and in the community by Japanese learners with language achievement, general academic performance, and gender

Participation in class and in the community by second language learners has been studied as an important factor in the development of a second language. Some studies suggest that there is a positive association between classroom participation and language contact. The relation of this to second lang...

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Main Author: Ellis, James Gordon
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28215