Exploring the Role of Strategic Knowledge and Strategic Regulation in Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Performance: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Maryam Haghighi ¹ , Mojgan Rashtchi ² , Parviz Birjandi ³

1 - PhD Candidate in TEFL, Department of English, Faculty of Literature, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of TEFL, Faculty of Foreign Languages, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor of TEFL, Department of English, Faculty of Literature, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-11-10 Accepted : 2019-11-10 Published : 2019-07-01

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