The Effect of Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy on Iranian EFL Learners’ Performance in the Speaking Section of the TOEFL iBT

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Khadijeh Sangi ¹ (Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Garmsar Branch,Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran)
Bahram Bagheri ² (Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Garmsar Branch,Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran)

Received: 2017-02-22 Accepted : 2017-02-22 Published : 2016-12-01

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