Developing assessment procedures for phonological awareness for use with Panjabi-English bilingual children

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-80

  Stuart Smith, Jane ^a   Martin, Deirdre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Literacy development; Panjabi; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846638687     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069990030010401     Document Type: Article

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