“Assessment knowledge is important, but …”: How contextual and experiential factors mediate assessment practice and training needs of language teachers

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Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 158-168

  Yan, Xun ^a   Zhang, Cong ^b   Fan, Jason Jinsong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85043491667     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2018.03.003     Document Type: Article

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