Exploring domain-general and domain-specific linguistic knowledge in the assessment of academic english language proficiency

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-228

  Römhild, Anja ^a   Kenyon, Dorry ^b   MacGregor, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 80051984118     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2011.558146     Document Type: Article

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