Washback in language testing: Research contexts and methods

Washback in Language Testing: Research Contexts and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-237

  Cheng, Liying ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^b   Curtis, Andy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84917056592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609731     Document Type: Book

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