Oral proficiency testing in the real world: Answers to frequently asked questions

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 520-526

  Swcnder, Elvira ^a  

^a American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages   (United States)

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EID: 33751197469     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2003.tb02141.x     Document Type: Article

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