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Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than EnglishGuest-edited by Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2] 2000
► pp. 35–60
Guest-edited by Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2] 2000
► pp. 35–60
Is learner progress in lote learning comparable across languages?
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