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Direct linkHamp-Lyons, Liz; Davies, Alan – World Englishes, 2008
The two authors conducted a small empirical study to attempt to find support for--or evidence against--the view that international tests of English language proficiency are unfair to speakers of non-standards forms of English, since these tests privilege standard forms. We explore the question of whose norms should be imposed in these tests, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, North American English, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
