Young foreign language learner's interactions during task-based paired assessments

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-75

  Butler, Yuko Goto ^a   Zeng, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84897822602     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2013.869814     Document Type: Article

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