Predicting bilingual Spanish-English children's phonological awareness abilities from their preschool English and Spanish oral language

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-93

  Scarpino, Shelley E ^a   Lawrence, Frank R ^b   Davison, Megan D ^c   Hammer, Carol S ^c  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951535816     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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