Levels of phonological awareness in preliterate and literate Spanish-speaking children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-79

  Goikoetxea, Edurne ^a,b  

^a Fac of Philos and Educ Science   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Literacy; Phonological awareness; Phonology; Preschool age; Reading ability; School age

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144431790     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-004-1955-7     Document Type: Article

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