Syllable and Letter Knowledge in Early Korean Hangul Reading

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 938-947

  Cho, Jeung Ryeul ^a  

^a Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

consonant and vowel letter knowledge; Korean Hangul reading; syllable

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449475927     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016212     Document Type: Article

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