Reflections on phonological working memory, letter knowledge, and phonological awareness: A reply to Hartmann (2008)

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1219-1226

  Rvachew, Susan ^a   Grawburg, Meghann ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Phonological awareness; Phonological working memory; Speech sound disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; SKILL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 52949108397     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0158)     Document Type: Article

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