Development of an analytic rating scale for Japanese L1 writing

Language Testing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-478

  Sasaki, Miyuki ^a   Hirose, Keiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0011019664     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229901600403     Document Type: Article

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