The role of images and image-text relations in group "basic skills tests" of literacy for children in the primary school years

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Unsworth, Len ^a   Thomas, Angela ^a   Bush, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 70350203391     PISSN: 10381562     EISSN: 18394728     Source Type: Journal    
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