On the use of the immediate recall task as a measure of second language reading comprehension

Language Testing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-543

  Chang, Yuh Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33750601504     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532206lt340oa     Document Type: Article

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