Transfer of reading-related cognitive skills in learning to read Chinese (L1) and English (L2) among Chinese elementary school children

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-112

  Keung, Yuen Ching ^a   Ho, Connie Suk Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biliteracy development; Cognitive skills transfer; Orthographic skills; Phonological awareness; Rapid automatized naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349095817     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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