Different visual skills are important in learning to read English and Chinese

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 4-14

  Ho, Connie Suk Han ^a   Bryant, Peter ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002046468     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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