Language tests as language policy tools

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-130

  Shohamy, Elana ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 57249116040     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701272948     Document Type: Article

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