Contribution of phonological and broader language skills to literacy

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 552-569

  Fraser, Jill ^a   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broader language skills; Literacy; Phonological skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; READING; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 51849141377     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701778069     Document Type: Article

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