Inter-interviewer variation in oral interview tests

ELT Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Nakatsuhara, Fumiyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46149097190     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccm044     Document Type: Article

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