What about me?. Individual self-assessment by skill and level of language instruction

System

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-160

  Brantmeier, Cindy ^a   Vanderplank, Robert ^b   Strube, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced, intermediate, and beginning language learners; Language program assessment; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858617134     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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