Are nonword and other phonological deficits indicative of a failed reading process?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-97

  Brian Thompson, G ^a   Johnston, Rhona S ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental reading disability; Nonword reading; Phonics instruction; Phonological awareness; Phonological deficit; Word regularity effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000216849     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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