Assessing the foreign language proficiency of high school students in New Zealand: From the traditional to the innovative

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-189

  East, Martin ^a   Scott, Adèle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79957933533     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2010.538779     Document Type: Review

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