The alternatives in language assessment

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 653-675

  Brown, James D ^a   Hudson, Thom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0038522245     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3587999     Document Type: Article

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