Download or read book A Short Guide to Oral Assessment written by Gordon Joughin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Assessing Speaking written by Sari Luoma and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking.
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