Expanding horizons and unresolved conundrums: Language testing and assessment

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-234

  Leung, Constant ^a   Lewkowicz, J O ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

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EID: 33847692011     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40264517     Document Type: Article

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