The political dimension of english language testing in Australia

Language Testing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-260

  Hawthorne, Lesleyanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0009979424     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229701400303     Document Type: Article

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