What english counts as writing assessment? An Australian move to mainstream critical literacy

English in Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-31

  Wyatt Smith, Claire M ^a   Murphy, Judy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment expectations; English language education; Writing task design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920575486     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2001.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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