Can individuals with Down syndrome acquire alphabetic literacy skills in the absence of phoneme awareness?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 361-375

  Cardoso Martins, Cláudia ^a   Frith, U T A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Phoneme detection skills; Phoneme manipulation skills; Reading ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744263976     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011132124630     Document Type: Article

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