Current issues in english language teacher-based assessment

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-415

  Davison, Chris ^a   Leung, Constant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350354699     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2009.tb00242.x     Document Type: Article

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