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Publication details [#28829]

Leong, Ping Alvin. 2002. "Have I got it right?": A look at examination questions. ITL 135 - 136 : 61–84.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

examination | instructing1 | L2-acquisition | question | verb

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

ISBN

0019-0810

Journal WWW

benjamins.com/catalog/itl

Annotation

This paper investigates Singaporean students' ability to interpret the task requirements of examination questions, in particular those involving the instructional verbs DISCUSS and EXPLAIN.