How talk becomes text: Investigating the concept of oral rehearsal in early years' classrooms

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-284

  Myhill, Debra ^a   Jones, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years; Oral rehearsal; Talk; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449095141     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2009.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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