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The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washbackEdited by Gillian Wigglesworth and Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S 13] 1996
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Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth and Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S 13] 1996
► pp. 1–12
Perspectives on the testing cycle
Setting the scene
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