Learning to read Chinese: Semantic, syntactic, phonological and working memory skills in normally achieving and poor Chinese readers

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  So, Dominica ^a   Siegel, Linda S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantonese; Chinese; Dyslexia; Phonological processing; Reading disabilities; Semantic processing; Syntactic awareness; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002879583     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007963513853     Document Type: Article

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