A suggested English reading test for SMEA students based on the communicative competence approach - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

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A SUGGESTED ENGLISH READING TEST

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SMEA STUDENTS BASED

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APPROACH

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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for

the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Teaching

EDY SANYOTO

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Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya

Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni

Program

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tudi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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