The effect of test-taker characteristics on reactions to and performance on an oral english proficiency test

Validation in Language Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 209-230

  Hill, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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