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To Cite this Article: Ismail, S., Isa, H. M., Zakaria, N. N. N., Rahmat, N. H., Idris, N., & Taib, N. A. M. (2022). No TitleForeign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) Working Title: What Causes Foreign Language Anxiety? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(8), 1292– 1304.
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