Developing a pragmatics test for Chinese EFL learners

Language Testing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-415

  Jianda, Liu ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

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EID: 34447253763     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532207077206     Document Type: Article

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