Self-Assessment as a Placement Test / Raymond LeBlanc and Gisele Painchaud.

An examination of the applicability of self-assessment as a tool for student placement in foreign language instruction focused on: (1) the ability of first-year university students to assess their performance level in the second language through a self-assessment questionnaire; (2) the quality of th...

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Main Authors: LeBlanc, Raymond
Painchaud, Gisèle (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985.
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Physical Description:19 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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