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Language testing and assessment (Part I)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2008

J Charles Alderson  and
Jayanti Banerjee
J Charles Alderson
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Lancaster University, UK
Jayanti Banerjee
Affiliation:
Lancaster University, UK
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Language Teaching , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 213 - 236
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