Effects of Parents’ Education and Academic Involvement on ESP Learners’ Self-Regulation and Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Mahnaz Azad ¹ , Shokouh Rashvand Semiyari ²

1 - English Language Department, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - English Language Department, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-04-01 Accepted : 2019-06-02 Published : 2020-01-01

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