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Affective variables play an important role in foreign language students’ classroom performance. This paper explores major affective variables that affect the process of listening in college English classrooms and provides some suggestions on how to improve listening comprehension proficiency.
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Ren, J. (2011). Affective Variables and Listening Comprehension in College English Classrooms. In: Zhou, M. (eds) Education and Management. ISAEBD 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 210. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23065-3_46
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