Language assessment as social practice: Challenges for research

Language Testing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-349

  Mcnamara, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84990345180     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800402     Document Type: Article

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