Measuring second language proficiency

Language Learning and Language Teaching

Volumn 27, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-199

  Hulstijn, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85122839015     PISSN: 15699471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/lllt.27.11hul     Document Type: Chapter

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