Predicting ELL students' beginning first grade English oral reading fluency from initial kindergarten vocabulary, letter naming, and phonological awareness skills

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-29

  Yesil Dagli Ummuhan, U ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; First grade; Initial sound fluency; Kindergarten; Letter naming fluency; Oral reading fluency; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649642748     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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