Social, professional and individual responsibility in language testing

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Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 579-591

  Hamp Lyons, Liz ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical language testing; Ethical language testing; ILTA code of Ethics; Responsibility; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034411949     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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