A latent variable approach to listening and reading: Testing factorial invariance across two groups of children in the korean/English two-way immersion program

Language Testing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 380-414

  Bae, Jungok ^a   Bachman, Lyle F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644850506     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229801500304     Document Type: Article

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