Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional EAP courses: Developing a final assessment checklist and investigating its validity

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-69

  Banerjee, Jayanti ^a   Wall, Dianne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; English for academic purposes; Pre sessional EAP courses; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644479556     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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