Language evaluation policies and the use of support resources in assessments of language proficiency

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-261

  East, Martin ^a  

^a United New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communicative competence; Dictionaries; High stakes tests; Language testing; Support resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249089437     PISSN: 14664208     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cilp134.0     Document Type: Review

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