Fluency: A key link between word identification and comprehension

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Bashir, Anthony S ^a   Hook, Pamela E ^b  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency; Language; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; READING;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 66349086745     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/08-0074)     Document Type: Article

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