Performance on ESL examinations: Is there a language distance effect?

Language and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-17

  Elder, Catherine ^a   Davies, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84937257859     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500789808666736     Document Type: Article

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