Examining the Yes/No vocabulary test: Some methodological issues in theory and practice

Language Testing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-274

  Beeckmans, Renaud ^a   Eyckmans, June ^a   Janssens, Vera ^a   Dufranne, Michel ^a   Van de Velde, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 84990328541     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800301     Document Type: Article

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