Assessing English Language Arts in Hong Kong secondary schools

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Tong, Siu Yin Annie ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum; English language teaching; Hong Kong; Language arts; Performance based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052527714     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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