Widdowson's model of communicative competence and the testing of reading: An exploratory study

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Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-302

  Fulcher, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002616376     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(98)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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