Early reading in Kannada: The pace of acquisition of orthographic knowledge and phonemic awareness

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-22

  Nag, Sonali ^a  

^a The Promise Foundation   (India)

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EID: 33846638724     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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