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Assessing reading. / Brunfaut, Tineke.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing. ed. / Glenn Fulcher; Luke Harding. 2nd. ed. London: Routledge, 2021. p. 254-267.

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Harvard

Brunfaut, T 2021, Assessing reading. in G Fulcher & L Harding (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing. 2nd edn, Routledge, London, pp. 254-267. <https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Language-Testing/Fulcher-Harding/p/book/9781138385436>

APA

Brunfaut, T. (2021). Assessing reading. In G. Fulcher, & L. Harding (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing (2nd ed., pp. 254-267). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Language-Testing/Fulcher-Harding/p/book/9781138385436

Vancouver

Brunfaut T. Assessing reading. In Fulcher G, Harding L, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. 2021. p. 254-267

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Brunfaut, Tineke. / Assessing reading. The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing. editor / Glenn Fulcher ; Luke Harding. 2nd. ed. London : Routledge, 2021. pp. 254-267

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