Assessing intercultural capability in learning languages: A renewed understanding of language, culture, learning, and the nature of assessment

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-329

  Scarino, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77953965525     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2010.01026.x     Document Type: Note

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