Reading and spelling acquisition in Thai children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1053

  Winskel, Heather ^a   Iemwanthong, Kanyarat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Development; Grain size; Lexicality effect; Reading; Spelling; Thai

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956921533     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9194-6     Document Type: Article

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