The role of English proficiency level, personal and affective factors predicting language preparatory school students’ academic success

2014-03-21
Aydın, Gökçen
Güneri, Oya
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Academic achievement, Personality and academic achievement, English language, Test of English as a Foreign Language
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/74526
INSTALL International Conference, 20 - 21 Mart 2014
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Conference / Seminar

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G. Aydın and O. Güneri, “The role of English proficiency level, personal and affective factors predicting language preparatory school students’ academic success,” presented at the INSTALL International Conference, 20 - 21 Mart 2014, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/74526.
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