ESL/EFL instructors' classroom assessment practices: Purposes, methods, and procedures

Language Testing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 360-389

  Cheng, Liying ^a   Rogers, Todd ^b   hu, Huiqin ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84990385491     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532204lt288oa     Document Type: Article

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