Exploring two-wave reciprocal structural relations among orthographic knowledge, phonological sensitivity, and reading and spelling of English words by Chinese students

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-600

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Orthographic knowledge; Phonological sensitivity; Reading and spelling English words

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944468449     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.4.591     Document Type: Review

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