Assessment purposes and procedures in ESL/EFL classrooms

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-32

  Cheng, Liying ^a   Rogers, W Todd ^b   Wang, Xiaoying ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 57749137734     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601122555     Document Type: Article

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