Helping young children to become literate: the relevance of narrative competence for developmental education

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-312

  Oers, Bert van ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

developmental education; literacy; narrative competence; predicating; semiotic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952680574     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930701679718     Document Type: Article

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