Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test

Language Testing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-88

  Schmitt, Norbert ^a   Schmitt, Diane ^b   Clapham, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990349913     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800103     Document Type: Article

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