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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. 61–77
Guest-edited by Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2] 2000
► pp. 61–77
Learner diversity and its implications for performance standards in languages other than english
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