Relationships between first and second language phonological processing skills and reading in Chinese-English speakers living in English-speaking contexts

Educational Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-393

  Gottardo, Alexandra ^a   Chiappe, Penny ^b   Yan, Bernice ^c   Siegel, Linda ^c   Gu, Yan ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

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EID: 29744440677     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410500341098     Document Type: Article

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