The contribution of language skills to reading fluency: A comparison of two orthographies for hebrew

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 657-672

  Cohen Mimran, Ravit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 67649990804     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908009148     Document Type: Article

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