Phonological Awareness of Bilingual and Monolingual Chinese Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-151

  Chen, Xi ^a   Anderson, Richard C ^a   Li, Wenling ^a   Hao, Meiling ^b   Wu, Xinchun ^b   Shu, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 1642273621     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.1.142     Document Type: Article

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