Effects of phonological and musical training on the reading readiness of native- and foreign-Spanish-speaking children

Psychology of Music

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-81

  Herrera, Lucia ^a   Lorenzo, Oswaldo ^a   Defior, Sylvia ^a   Fernandez Smith, Gerard ^b   Costa Giomi, Eugenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign language; language acquisition; music instruction; phonological awareness; reading readiness; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650845745     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735610361995     Document Type: Article

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