Learning to read and spell english words by Chinese students

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-84

  Leong, Che Kan ^a,b   Tan, Li Hai ^c   Cheng, Pui Wan ^b   Hau, Kit Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 13844321603     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532799xssr0901_5     Document Type: Article

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