Managing learning: Authority and language assessment

Language Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 500-515

  McNamara, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85010168220     PISSN: 02614448     EISSN: 14753049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0261444811000073     Document Type: Article

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