Cognitive factors relating to the development of early literacy in the kana syllabary

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-308

  Kakihana, Shinichiro ^a   Ando, Juko ^b   Koyama, Maki ^c   Iltaka, Shoko ^d   Sugawara, Izumi ^e  

^a Koriyama Women's University and College   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development of kana syllabary literacy; Letter sound knowledge; Mora awareness; Preschool children; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953744219     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep.57.295     Document Type: Article

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