European language policy: Assessment, learning, and the CEFR

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-63

  Jones, Neil ^a   Saville, Nick ^b  

^a Cambridge ESOL Research and Validation   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge ESOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950755142     PISSN: 02671905     EISSN: 14716356     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1017/S0267190509090059     Document Type: Review

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