A Culture in Transition: Poor Reading and Writing Ability Among Children in South African Townships

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-449

  Pretorius, E ^a   Naude H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Reading; South Africa; Writing ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543077995     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430214552     Document Type: Article

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