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Peer reviewedRead, John – English for Specific Purposes, 1990
Considers the question of how best to elicit samples of writing for assessment in an English-for-academic-purposes proficiency test and assure that every test taker has something to write about. Three types of writing tasks are defined and analyzed, and examples are given. (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Prior Learning
