Fluency in reading Irish as L1 or L2: Promoting high-frequency word recognition in emergent readers

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-493

  Hickey, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluency; High frequency; Irish; Reading; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348837464     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb455.0     Document Type: Article

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