Revisiting assumptions about the relationship of fluent reading to comprehension: Spanish-speakers' text-reading fluency in English

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-494

  Crosson, Amy C ^a   Lesaux, Nonie K ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

English as a second language; Fluency; Language minority learners; Oral reading; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956375349     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9168-8     Document Type: Article

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