The foundation of literacy skills in Korean: The relationship between letter-name knowledge and phonological awareness and their relative contribution to literacy skills

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 907-931

  Kim, Young Suk ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean; Letter name knowledge; Literacy skills; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349506177     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9131-0     Document Type: Article

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