A text-driven method for the deletion procedure in cloze passages

Language Testing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-207

  Farhady, H ^a   Keramati, M N ^b  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

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EID: 34248784179     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229601300204     Document Type: Article

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