Book reviews: Lumley,T. 2005: Assessing second language writing: the rater's perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang (Volume 3,Language Testing and Evaluation Series,edited by Rüdiger Grotjahn and Günther Sigott). 368 pp. ISBN 3-631-53327-6 US-ISBN 0-8204-7655-2 US$62.95
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Book reviews: Lumley,T. 2005: Assessing second language writing: the rater's perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang (Volume 3,Language Testing and Evaluation Series,edited by Rüdiger Grotjahn and Günther Sigott). 368 pp. ISBN 3-631-53327-6 US-ISBN 0-8204-7655-2 US$62.95
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