The role of phonological and syntactic awareness in second-language reading: The case of Spanish-speaking learners of French

Reading and Writing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-246

  Lefrançois, Pascale ^a   Armand, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

French; Phonological awareness; Reading; Second language; Spanish; Syntactic awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043124776     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022874425314     Document Type: Article

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