Bilingualism and phonological awareness: The case of bilingual (French-Occitan) children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-452

  Laurent, Angélique ^a   Martinot, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Beginning readers; Bilingualism; Metalinguistic development; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950457567     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9209-3     Document Type: Article

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