Assessment for academic purposes: Where next?

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Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 511-521

  Clapham, Caroline ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English for Academic Purposes, EAP; English for Specific Purposes, ESP; L1; L2

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034370014     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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