Assessing foreign language skills: Data from Russian

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-65

  Thompson, Irene ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040461791     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb01137.x     Document Type: Article

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