Phonological working memory, phonological awareness and language in literacy difficulties in Brazilian children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-218

  Barbosa, Thais ^a   Miranda, Monica Carolina ^a   Santos, Ruth F ^a   Bueno, Orlando Francisco A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Language; Literacy difficulties; Phonological awareness; Phonological processing; Phonological working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649099210     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-007-9109-3     Document Type: Article

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