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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 1:1 (1977) ► pp. 20–31

Language proficiency at matriculation

Report of a preliminary survey into the proficiency of British and Australian students of French at matriculation

| Mt. Gravatt college of Advanced Education
Published online: 01 December 1977
https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.1.1.03ing
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