Issues in the assessment of literacy-related difficulties across language backgrounds: A cross-linguistic comparison

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-151

  Everatt, John ^a   Smythe, Ian ^a   Ocampo, Dina ^b   Gyarmathy, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 13244299120     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Review

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