Talking to score: Impression management in l2 oral assessment and the co-construction of a test discourse genre

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-53

  Luk, Jasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77949987974     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434300903473997     Document Type: Article

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