Perfectionism, Anxiety and English Language Achievement of Iranian EFL Learners: The Contribution of Performance Goal-Orientation

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Pardis Zafarani ¹ , Saeideh Ahangari ² , Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid ³

1 - Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of English, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2021-09-13 Accepted : 2021-12-11 Published : 2022-09-01

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