The englishes of english tests: Bias revisited

World Englishes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-39

  Hamp lyons, Liz ^a   Davies, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40049112880     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2008.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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