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Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure. / Banerjee, Jayanti; Wall, Dianne.
In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Vol. 5, No. 1, 01.01.2006, p. 50-69.

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Banerjee, J & Wall, D 2006, 'Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure.', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 50-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2005.11.003

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Banerjee, J., & Wall, D. (2006). Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(1), 50-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2005.11.003

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Banerjee J, Wall D. Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 2006 Jan 1;5(1):50-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2005.11.003

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Banerjee, Jayanti ; Wall, Dianne. / Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure. In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 2006 ; Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 50-69.

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