Phonological awareness and reading speed deficits in reading disabled Greek-speaking children

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Constantinidou, Maria ^a   Stainthorp, Rhona ^b  

^a Ministry of Education and Culture Limassol   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Greek language; Phonological processes; Rapid automatised naming; Reading comprehension; Word reading speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449644731     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802613483     Document Type: Article

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