Moderating top-down policy impact and supporting EAP curricular renewal: Exploring the potential of diagnostic assessment

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-42

  Fox, Janna D ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

curricular reform; diagnostic assessment; learning profiles; policy impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849130684     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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