Phonological awareness and language intervention in preschoolers from low socio-economic backgrounds: A longitudinal investigation

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-782

  O'Connor, Meghan ^a   Arnott, Wendy ^a   McIntosh, Beth ^a   Dodd, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS; POVERTY; READING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 74049121227     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X372492     Document Type: Article

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