Does Speech Rhythm Sensitivity Predict Children's Reading Ability 1 Year Later?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-366

  Holliman, Andrew J ^a   Wood, Clare ^a   Sheehy, Kieron ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phonological awareness; Prosody; Reading; Speech rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955036896     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018049     Document Type: Article

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