Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Neda Nevisandeh ¹ , Monireh Mohebbi ²

1 - Department of English, Faculty of humanities, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
2 - Department of English, Faculty of humanities, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Received: 2014-10-11 Accepted : 2014-11-10 Published : 2014-11-01

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