Language Testing at 25: Maturity and responsibility?

Language Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-305

  Spolsky, Bernard ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 61549083010     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532208090153     Document Type: Editorial

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