Learning of letter names follows similar principles across languages: Evidence from Hebrew

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-106

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Levin, Iris ^b   Kessler, Brett ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alphabet learning; Cross linguistic studies; English; Hebrew; Letter names; Letter shapes; Letters; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

EID: 33846498482     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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