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Research Article

Learners’ satisfaction with native and non-native English-speaking teachers’ teaching competence and their learning motivation: a path-analytic approach

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Pages 558-573 | Received 07 Aug 2019, Accepted 29 Sep 2020, Published online: 19 Oct 2020

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