Speech perception, vocabulary, and the development of reading skills in English among Korean- and English-speaking children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-166

  Chiappe, Penny ^a   Glaeser, Barbara ^b   Ferko, Doreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1st grade; Bilingual; Phonological representations; Reading acquisition; Speech perception; Spelling; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847676836     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.154     Document Type: Article

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