The effect of interlocutor and assessment mode variables in overseas assessments of speaking skills in occupational settings

Language Testing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-156

  McNamara, T F ^a   Lumley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 24944556420     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229701400202     Document Type: Article

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