AFL research in the L2 classroom and evidence of usefulness: Taking formative assessment to the next level

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-38

  Colby Kelly, Christian ^a   Turner, Carolyn E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; Classroom based assessment; English as a second language; Language testing; Second language acquisition; Second language assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149093449     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.64.1.009     Document Type: Article

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