Editorial: Reading and literacy in developing countries

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Paran, Amos ^a   Williams, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846603193     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00334.x     Document Type: Editorial

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