Literacy ability and phonological processing skills amongst dyslexic and non-dyslexic speakers of Arabic

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-294

  Elbeheri, Gad ^a,b   Everatt, John ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^b Kuwait Dyslexia Association   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabic; Dyslexia; Literacy; Orthographic transparency; Phonological processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845920133     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9031-0     Document Type: Article

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