Comparison of TOEFL iBT and ESOL in Reliability
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tests assess test takers’ speaking skills, but they vary to some extent. This study will compare these two tests in terms of reliability
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i9.4729
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