The Interaction among Using Test-Taking Strategies, Level of Language Proficiency, and Test Performance

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Narjes Ghafournia ¹ , Akbar Afghari ²

1 - Department of Foreign Languages, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Foreign Languages, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch , Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2014-09-01

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