Dynamic assessment of L2 development: Bringing the past into the future

Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-72

  Lantolf, James P ^a   Poehner, Matthew E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Development; Instruction; Interaction; Mediation; Reliability; Validity; Zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744436212     PISSN: 14797887     EISSN: 17431743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/japl.1.1.49.55872     Document Type: Article

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