Communicative competence in oral language assessment

Language and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-222

  Oliver, Rhonda ^a   Haig, Yvonne ^b   Rochecouste, Judith ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent speech; Communicative competence; Oracy; Oral language

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344367267     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780508668675     Document Type: Article

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