Rater judgment and English language speaking proficiency

World Englishes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-391

  Chalhoub Deville, Micheline ^a   Wigglesworth, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 27844536977     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0083-2919.2005.00419.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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