Constructing stories in kindergarten: Children's knowledge of genre

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-77

  Loizou, Eleni ^a   Kyriakides, Elena ^a   Hadjicharalambous, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Genre; Humour; Kindergarten; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953150908     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2011.548939     Document Type: Article

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