Differing expectations in the assessment of the speaking skills of ESOL learners

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-55

  Simpson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; ESOL; Frame; Schema; Speaking; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750735093     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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