Talking the talk: Oracy demands in first year university assessment tasks

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-39

  Doherty, Catherine ^a   Kettle, Margaret ^a   May, Lyn ^a   Caukill, Emma ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Eal students; Groupwork; Higher education; Oracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551558091     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2010.498775     Document Type: Article

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