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Language Testing Bytes Podcast 9: Standard accents on tests of listening

EPISODE · Apr 30, 2012 · 15 MIN

Language Testing Bytes Podcast 9: Standard accents on tests of listening

from Sage Language & Linguistics

Luke Harding discusses why many language test providers only use standard accents on tests of listening.

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