Exploring Language Mindsets, Goal orientations, and Responses to Failure: Proficiency Level in Focus

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Forough Sadeghi ¹ , Firooz Sadighi ² , Mohammadsadegh Bagheri ³

1 - Department of English Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Department of English Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran|University of Shiraz
3 - Department of English Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2021-02-22 Accepted : 2021-04-14 Published : 2021-11-01

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