Assessing multilingual competencies: Adopting construct valid assessment policies

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-429

  Shohamy, Elana ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 80054774764     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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