Evidence from the wider use of the BSL Receptive Skills Test

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-47

  Herman, Ros ^a   Roy, Penny ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Deaf; Sign language; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645500965     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dei.33     Document Type: Article

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