Early orthographic influences on phonemic awareness tasks: Evidence from a preschool training study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Castles, Anne ^a   Wilson, Katherine ^b   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Letter knowledge; Letter sound knowledge; Orthographic knowledge; Phonemic awareness; Reading development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957905048     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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