Reading and spelling error analysis of native Arabic dyslexic readers

Reading and Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 651-690

  Abu Rabia, Salim ^a   Taha, Haitham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabic morphology; Arabic orthography; Arabic reading disabilities; Morphological errors; Spelling and reading errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744259715     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-004-2657-x     Document Type: Article

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