How professionally relevant can language tests be?: A response to Wette (2011)

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-108

  Pill, John ^a   Woodward Kron, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84859840992     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2011.625580     Document Type: Review

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