Reading proficiency assessment and the ILR/ACTFL text typology: A reevaluation

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 350-361

  Edwards, Alison L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33748175127     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb01616.x     Document Type: Review

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