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ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 71 (1986) ► pp.1–17

The Development of an Advanced Level Reading Test for the Certificate for Dutch as a Foreign Language

| U.C. Louvain
Published online: 1 January 1986
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https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.71.01beh
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