Tensions between validity and outcomes: Teacher assessment of written work of recently arrived immigrant ESL students

Language Testing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-304

  Arkoudis, Sophie ^a   O”loughlin, Kieran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84990350735     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532204lt285oa     Document Type: Article

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