Towards authenticity of task in test development

Language Testing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-206

  wu, Weiping M ^a   Stansfield, Charles W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Second Language Testing Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84990378672     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220101800205     Document Type: Article

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