Synthetic phonics and the teaching of reading

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-710

  Wyse, Dominic ^a   Goswami, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56249139764     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802268912     Document Type: Article

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