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Peer reviewedMcCroskey, James C.; And Others – Communication Quarterly, 1985
Results indicate that (1) Puerto Rican college students are much less apprehensive about communication in their native language than are U.S. students; and (2) apprehension in a first language is a much better predictor of apprehension in a second language than is self-perceived competence in that second language. (PD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
