Investigating literacy and pre-literacy skills in Panjabi/English schoolchildren

Educational Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-197

  Stuart Smith, Jane ^b   Martin, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0009327623     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013191970490208     Document Type: Article

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