Language for Specific Purposes assessment criteria: Where do they come from?

Language Testing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-185

  Douglas, Dan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990317352     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800204     Document Type: Article

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