Dyslexia and second language reading: A second bite at the apple?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 41-61

  Miller Guron, Louise ^a   Eundberg, Ingvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; English; Orthography; Phonological skill; Reading efficiency; Second language; Swedish; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002566868     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008009703641     Document Type: Article

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