Demands of being professional in language testing

Language Testing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 328-339

  Davies, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33846917068     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229701400309     Document Type: Article

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