The Impact of Cultural Orientation on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Achievement Motivation

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Mina Sadeghi ¹

1 - Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch

Received: 2014-02-15 Accepted : 2014-03-16 Published : 2014-05-01

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