Examining validity in a performance test: The listening summary translation exam (LSTE) - Spanish version

Language Testing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-109

  Scott, Mary Lee ^a   Stansfield, Charles W ^b   Kenyon, Dorry Mann ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 34248778624     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229601300106     Document Type: Article

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