Long-term outcome of oral language and phonological awareness intervention with socially disadvantaged preschoolers: The impact on language and literacy

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-246

  Henning, Caroline ^a   McIntosh, Beth ^a   Arnott, Wendy ^b   Dodd, Barbara ^b  

^a Education Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 77955017305     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2009.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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