Knowledge of the alphabet and explicit awareness of phonemes in pre-readers: The nature of the relationship

Reading and Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-234

  Johnston, Rhona S ^a   Anderson, Marjorie ^a   Holligan, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alphabet; Emergent reading; Letter knowledge; Phonemic awareness; Pre readers; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000097977     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00420276     Document Type: Article

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