Effects of orthographic transparency on reading and phoneme awareness in children learning to read in Wales

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-28

  Spencer, Llinos H ^a   Richard Hanley, J ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; PHONETICS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0041696569     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712603762842075     Document Type: Article

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